It depends on the policies being enforced, and these are very well defined. They enable us to include different criteria in the factors considered to reach such decisions. Our officers are trained to make such decisions. The Attorney General of Canada must also make decisions on some cases submitted to him and determine whether we should prosecute or not. These decisions by the Department of Justice are not the responsibility of our officers.
A good many of the decisions are made by enforcement officers throughout the country, according to the nature of the case and various factors, like incentives not to commit such offences, the seriousness of the offence, whether it is a first or second offence, and so on. A series of criteria helps us to select the best tool to achieve the objective, that is, to end the activity or to take steps so that the event does not happen again in the future.