I have a question about how police lay charges when there is a hybrid Criminal Code offence, because I'm not exactly sure. In the sections that we refer to as hybrid sections, it's a Criminal Code offence where the person may be prosecuted by indictment or by summary conviction. There are a half a dozen to a dozen of these hybrid offences in the list that would be caught by the current government bill.
Can you tell me who makes the decision to proceed by way of summary conviction or indictment? Is it the policeman who investigates the offence? I want to find out how arbitrary or how calculated the decision is to proceed by way of indictment or by way of summary conviction.