As you're aware, in British Columbia police do not lay the charges. The crown lays the charges. In Alberta, police lay the charges and the crown doesn't lay the charge. It becomes problematic for the police from the perspective of when they lay the charge as opposed to when the crown lays the charge.
My question is with regard to keeping the victim notified. In British Columbia, I would think the hand-off would be as soon as the charge is laid. It would then go the crown, because the police have done their investigation. But if you look at Alberta, it could go all the way through, because it's the police who lay the charge.
Do you have an answer to that? It seems to be problematic in regard to how the victim is kept in light of the investigation, because there can be a difficulty in, shall we say, the hand-off from the quarterback to the fullback.