Justice committee  Bill C-10 will definitely permit certain things, such as increasing prison terms and putting offences in perspective. Frequent reference is made to criminal organizations in Bill C-10, but proving that an organization is a criminal organization will continue to be a problem. Ever

Justice committee  There's an annoying phrase in Bill C-53: the offence has to be proven, and the judge has discretion... It's the judge who grants the right to... That's not reversing the burden of proof. When the judge refuses because the required demonstration has not been made, he relies on C-5

Justice committee  It's not that nothing works; it's that we have to use the tools we have and to make the most of them. As a result of Bill C-10, you're in the forefront with regard to firearms, which is a Canadian, indeed global problem. You are lucky to be at the head of the parade and say that

Justice committee  For example, Randall talks with the attorney and asks why he's withdrawn his gangsterism charges. There's a reason for everything. You have to talk and to ensure that the Criminal Code of Canada is uniformly enforced, not because we passed an anti-gang law because there was a bik

Justice committee  But we have to say to ourselves that we'll continue moving forward, if we can change certain things. Perhaps it would be interesting to establish a central depot in Ottawa where all disclosed evidence, which would be available for all police investigations, would be forwarded.

Justice committee  Yes. The criminals have this kind of system. In Quebec—

Justice committee  Here are some facts. In Canada, there's a founding member of the Hells Angels named Robert Bonomo. He's a computer scientist and enters in computers all the disclosures of evidence of all draft police investigations across Canada concerning the Hells Angels. He puts all that at t

Justice committee  There is no plan to replace me in the future. If we are talking about street gangs in Quebec, there is one guy, and he's from the Montreal city police. They use him in Toronto, Ottawa, and Niagara Falls. He is the only one. There is no will to produce other guys, because you spen

Justice committee  There's nothing to change in the Criminal Code. Let's use what we have properly. We don't need to change anything whatever right now. What's different in the investigation techniques regarding street gangs is that they are less visible, less structured and less obvious. They don

Justice committee  It's happened in the context of the fight against organized crime. We experienced it in Operation Wolverine, at the start, when we forced — that isn't too strong a word — police organizations to meet and exchange information. I'm not engaging in advertising, but I mentioned it in

Justice committee  I realize I'll have to be very concise in the next 10 minutes, Mr. Chair. I was a police officer with Sûreté du Québec for 32 years. I've been retired for six years. I'm highly specialized in organized crime, both biker and Aboriginal organized crime. Most of the case law that w