Mr. Ménard, you were previously a criminal lawyer and you represented individuals who had criminal charges laid against them. Now imagine that your secretary, who is bound by confidentiality as you are because you're a lawyer, decides to talk to a journalist. And the journalist gives an account of your secretary's remarks in the newspaper. Your bill provides for a shift in the burden of proof. The information provided may serve to convict somebody else, and not necessarily one of your clients. Given the reverse onus, how is it that you intend to protect your client-attorney privilege and that of your employee? How can this be maintained if a journalist can publish such information?
On March 5th, 2008. See this statement in context.