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Justice committee Thank you. Of course.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein
Justice committee I share Mr. Bebbington's comments that warehousing is a bigger problem than non-participation, and I caution against the pejorative use of the term “psychopath”. It is a personality disorder not recognized by the DSM. There's a very specific test built by a Canadian and it is a u
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein
Justice committee These are possibilities that affect the same outcome without complicating or destroying the trial process and the inevitable court proceedings. I should also note that while there are exceptions like the ones Mr. Wamback spoke about, the vast majority of individuals are not capt
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein
Justice committee The Parole Board of Canada has a very specific and distinct function. They would never say this, of course, but having their hands tied for x number of years would have an impact both on them and on correctional services, because they're the ones who have to figure out the progra
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein
Justice committee That is one obvious one, just from the plain reading of it, yes.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein
Justice committee Significantly. As we have seen with some of these cases.... In the Pickton case, for instance, a judge simply said he would not proceed on all of those counts and was proceeding only on six. We see indictments pared down all the time. The Crowns, who are people too, are those tr
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein
Justice committee It's legally possible, yes. In the fact scenario contemplated here, in practical terms it's unlikely.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein
Justice committee Good morning. Thank you very much for inviting me to speak about this rather important piece of legislation. I bring to you today the perspective of a criminal lawyer as a practitioner. So that you know who I am and where I'm coming from in my testimony and give it the appropr
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein
Justice committee Thank you.
June 13th, 2019Committee meeting
Lorne Goldstein