Evidence of meeting #78 for Justice and Human Rights in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was jurors.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Shauna Jobagy  Deputy Clerk of the Court, Court of Queen's Bench, Alberta Juror Support Program
Dora Newcombe  Alberta Juror Support Program
Claude Bourque  Ontario Juror Support Program
Shannon Jensen  Manager, Court Operations, Yukon Court Services
Julia Bielecka  Manager, Operational Support, Court Services Division, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario Juror Support Program

5:20 p.m.

Conservative

Ron Liepert Conservative Calgary Signal Hill, AB

It was $140.

5:20 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

It was $140 an hour. If we're saying it's an average of three visits by a juror, that's $140 times three, so it's $420 times 24 jurors. Are we then coming close to the actual amount by doing that, or is there some other cost we're missing?

5:25 p.m.

Ontario Juror Support Program

Claude Bourque

You are correct with regard to the figures you provided.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Okay.

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

Ron Liepert Conservative Calgary Signal Hill, AB

The reason I'm asking is that if there is pushback from provinces, I think we can safely say we're talking about thousands of dollars, not millions of dollars.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Yes.

5:25 p.m.

Conservative

Ron Liepert Conservative Calgary Signal Hill, AB

I think it's important for us to have that assurance if we are to make recommendations, so thank you.

5:25 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Anthony Housefather

Are there any other questions, colleagues?

If not, I want to thank very much the representatives of Ontario and Yukon who came before us today. You were incredibly helpful. Thank you again to both province and territory for being avant-garde and ahead of the curve in helping jurors in your jurisdictions. It's very much appreciated by the committee, and we'll definitely pay a lot of attention to what you said.

This meeting is adjourned.