Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I am responsible for the Barreau du Québec's aboriginal law committee. With me is Mr. David Schulze who is an active member of our committee. He will be presenting our organization's position. I would just like to point out that he is a graduate of both York University and the Un

Justice committee  Good morning. As you say, I am responsible for coordinating the work of the Criminal Law Committee of the Quebec Bar. That Committee is made up equally of members who are defence lawyers and Crown attorneys. Academia is also represented on the Committee. With me today is Mr. Bell

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Good afternoon. My name is Nicole Dufour. I am a lawyer with the Research and Legislation Service of the Barreau du Québec. With me today is Mr. Erik Vanchestein, who has been practising criminal and disciplinary law for more than 21 years. He is currently Vice-President of the

Justice committee  Having examined those provisions, we believe that you have essentially reproduced the tests laid out in the case law of the highest court of the land. They are perfectly consistent.

Justice committee  Are you talking about the court's current reasons?

Justice committee  Who referred to it?

Justice committee  I'm afraid I am not sufficiently acquainted with the facts in that case.

Justice committee  At the risk of repeating myself, I have to say I agree with Mr. Bourque that this bill has the merit of clarifying the situation upstream and avoiding legal debates that can at times be long, laborious and costly. This is something that is very important for the proper administra

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon. Thank you. My name is Nicole Dufour. I am the secretary of the aboriginal law committee of the Barreau du Québec. First,I would like to apologize for the absence of the president, who unfortunately could not get away to be with us. I'm going to make the general

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Those amendments not only maintained the existing rights of a class of persons, they in fact improved their status as of April 17, 1985 relative to their status under the previous version of the act. In so doing, the 1985 amendments increased the disadvantage for the applicants,

Justice committee  Good morning. Thank you for your invitation. With me is Dominique Trahan, a lawyer for 30 years and the director of the youth section of the Centre communautaire de Montréal, and Carole Gladu, a lawyer for 18 years and director of the youth and criminal section of the Centre co

Justice committee  Clause 7 of the bill adds a paragraph to subsection 38(2) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act stating that the objectives of the sentence may be "to denounce unlawful conduct" or "to deter the young person from committing offences". We would note that subsection 38(2) establishes t

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes, yes.