Justice committee  He's unable to estimate.

Justice committee  From my own experience of speaking to people who own businesses, I think what they need from the government is a framework that has flexibility and a bit more trust. In my view, it's better to have flexible legislation and leave it to individual judges. Also, it is better to have

Justice committee  I think it probably does. The reality is that unless the police station is next door, they could never get there on time. That is simply the reality on the ground. In my view, it would have been sufficient to say that if you make the arrest, you must have reasonable grounds. I a

Justice committee  Yes, I think absolutely that if there is more leeway as to the time maybe they'll say “This guy looks like somebody who stole from us, but we want to check our surveillance video.” Usually these shoplifters are repeat offenders, and they will be back, so they'll have this opportu

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Thank you. First of all, to take away that really unreasonable demand the current legislation requires—that they can only catch a shoplifter committing the crime—is a huge break. Because if one thinks about it carefully, that timeframe is infinitesimal. When the thief is in the

Justice committee  Thank you.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Cotler. I have some thoughts about that. I think the problem demonstrated in David Chen's case wasn't whether people had training, but whether in Canada we believe that Canadians have not only the right but also a role to play in public safety. This legislation,

Justice committee  To the extent that private security guards are given any more power to arrest, then they should be subject to more restrictions--for example, the application of the charter. But if the security guards are not being provided with any more training that will elevate them to any spe

Justice committee  I always find it interesting that there is such fear about the store owners aspiring to be, as call you them, Rambos. I have met many of them, and they are nothing like Rambo. They are extremely hard-working people who work crazy hours to provide daily necessities to us. If one w

Justice committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. Thank you for inviting me here today. My name is Chi-Kun Shi. I'm a lawyer. I spend most of my time practising civil litigation, far away from the criminal courts. However, in 2009, when I learned of David Chen's incide