Justice committee  That's correct. The Bedford ruling only looked at three offences.

Justice committee  The Bedford decision, yes, that's what it looked at.

Justice committee  Thank you. I can't comment with respect to the Amanda Todd case because, as you know, the British Columbia Attorney General has laid charges in relation to that case in respect of a person in the Netherlands, so that's an ongoing investigation. The other part of your question

Justice committee  I believe Mr. Geist's comments are in relation to Bill S-4, and I cannot comment on Bill S-4. It's not my area of expertise nor the Department of Justice's expertise. That is a bill of the Minister of Industry.

Justice committee  I can talk about Bill C-13. Bill S-4 is another bill, and it's not our bill. That's the bill for the Minister of Industry, I believe, so that's his responsibility. You'd have to ask other officials or other staff, Mr. Chairman, with respect to that bill. In terms of the interpla

Justice committee  As Mr. Pentney indicated, there are a number of different programs trying to deal with the system holistically, both on the offender side and on the victim side. Take, for example, the aboriginal community. Everyone talks about a disproportionate number of aboriginals as offende

Justice committee  Thank you. With respect to the question about disclosure, there is a provision in the Criminal Code currently that authorizes voluntary disclosure of information to the police. That's been around for a number of years. That provision right now is worded such that it provides inf

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I am Donald Piragoff, senior assistant deputy minister, Department of Justice.

Justice committee  You save the hard questions for me, I noticed, as opposed to the minister.

Justice committee  Yes, Mr. Cotler. There's a general policy in the department that goes back to sometime in the 1990s. Due to the cost implications of treaty negotiations for extradition, and mutual assistance, the deputy minister at the time put a moratorium on seeking new treaties both in the ex

Justice committee  As I said, there are exceptional situations. The ICC was an exceptional situation, for example.

Justice committee  That money is to support work by the Department of Justice in support of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, particularly division 9 proceedings, as well as the security certificates provision. This money goes to support the Department of Justice in providing legal servic

Justice committee  We don't have a particular budget line for the International Criminal Court. The support we provide to it is part of our operational budget in terms of mutual legal assistance, providing any information that the court may request of us. It's part of our normal operating budget th

Justice committee  It's an internal allocation within the department. It's not an allocation that Parliament has given us as a certain amount. It's us moving money around within the department to serve certain needs.

Justice committee  That would be the responsibility of DFAIT, and that would be part of their budget. Any membership fees or dues that we pay to the court as being members of the court would be handled by DFAIT as part of their allocation by Parliament.