Justice committee  I think they previously said that was part of it, but most lawyers, prosecutors that we're going to hire under this budget will handle drug cases.

Justice committee  Corruption is organized crime and a little of that as well. Drugs are often linked to organize crime.

Justice committee  Not in the annual report.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  You'd have to look at the legislation. That is an example of wording that would make it impossible for an interpretation that the Attorney General--

Justice committee  We talked about that in our annual report, which we filed in June.

Justice committee  Let me refer to the Interpretation Act, subsection 24(2), which says that anything that can be done by a minister can, in effect, be done by the deputy minister. The principle of delegation and authority from a minister to a deputy minister is not established in legislation, but it is well known in the common law principle as the Carltona principle.

Justice committee  The two main criteria are competence and integrity.

Justice committee  We publish advertisements in the newspapers, and we conduct competitions and evaluations.

Justice committee  We have a supervisor in each region who is responsible for managing attorneys. We also have a team here in Ottawa that is responsible for managing attorneys.

Justice committee  In relation to your first question, on whether I have issued a directive or a clarification, no, I have not.

Justice committee  I guess in my mind the prosecutors fulfilled their responsibility. They applied the principles set out in the deskbook. They were brought a case by the investigative agency, the Canada Border Services Agency, and asked to apply the principles that all prosecutors apply, and they did their job.

Justice committee  In relation to Ms. Jennings' second question, I would think that would be a question that would be asked of the Canada Border Services Agency.

Justice committee  The deskbook is available on our Web site.

Justice committee  I think Chapter 15 concerns the decision to prosecute.