Arif Virani at the Declaration of Emergency Committee

On June 7th, 2022. See this statement in context.

June 7th, 2022 / 8:05 p.m.

Liberal

Arif Virani Liberal Parkdale—High Park, ON

Thank you.

I have a very brief point of order on something that was raised by Monsieur Fortin in the previous panel. It was the notion of the application of solicitor-client privilege to Crown lawyers or Department of Justice lawyers.

Just for the committee's edification, there is a case citation that I can provide, the case of the R. v. Campbell, 1999, 1 SCR 565, where the Supreme Court establishes quite clearly that solicitor-client privilege also applies to Department of Justice lawyers providing advice.

There is also a reference in Watson and McGowan, pages 1078 and 1079.

I just thought the committee should have that for its benefit. Thank you.

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