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Justice committee We do have information on charges laid, yes, but they could change before they get into the court system. When they lay a charge, that's the information we get at that point in time.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee We could tell you simply the number of persons charged for any specific firearm offence at that point in time from the police.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee When they send us an incident record, at that point in time they'll have an offence, let's say a firearms offence, and they'll either have a clearance that an accused was identified and whether a charge was laid or not at that point in time when they send in the record.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee No. The information from the police is based on actual offences regardless of whether there was a charge laid or a suspect identified.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee Yes, but they're not in these graphs. They're regardless of whether someone was charged with that offence. These are simply accounts of a number of offences.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee It is possible, and because of the change, we don't know for sure.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee Between 2001 and 2005?
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee I believe there was an increase in Toronto. I can try to find the number for that. The increase for 2005 was generally in Ontario and Alberta, and specifically within Toronto.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee That was a change we made to the wording of our question on the homicide survey for the collection of 2005 data. Do you want the exact wording change?
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee No, there isn't. We do have some numbers, but there's no slide.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee The original question on the homicide survey in 1991, I believe, asked if a homicide was related to gang or organized crime activity. The answer we put, the choice for the police service, was simply yes, no, or unknown. Since that time, in conversations with a lot of police forc
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee It was made for 2005 data.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner
Justice committee No, not convicted. This is strictly from police.
November 22nd, 2006Committee meeting
John Turner