Justice committee  That's correct--

Justice committee  --and to the extent that a court wanted to specify, they would not be precluded from specifying with this language.

Justice committee  In response to one of my earlier appearances, I was asked to provide some information to the committee that provided an understanding and a definition of what was meant by the term “Internet or other digital network”. We did provide that information. From that response, the comm

Justice committee  Well, as I say, I think the courts already take the guidance of what's in section 161 right now, use the language that's there, and tailor it as appropriate in the circumstances. So they're not constrained by the words on the paper. They may be able to go beyond that in the parti

Justice committee  Well, to clarify in terms of the statistics we just heard about, we obviously have access to the same statistics that the committee has heard. We have access to older reports as well. The committee heard that there is a difficulty for adult criminal court survey data in breakin

Justice committee  No. My answer before was that within the areas of federal responsibility, calculations of cost would be for those areas that are a federal responsibility—that is, federal corrections.

Justice committee  I'm not aware if provinces have.

Justice committee  Sometimes it happens. There's no question that we've had opportunities in recent years to engage in discussions through existing FPT fora, but I'm not personally aware of issues having been identified on Bill C-54 through those FPT fora.

Justice committee  It has been out since November, and we have had various FPT meetings.

Justice committee  Whenever there's a matter that goes before cabinet for a decision on whether to come forward with reforms or a package or a response of some sort, obviously the cabinet is informed by all of the analysis that is available and required to support that decision, but I'm obviously n

Justice committee  Yes, the matter was costed out, and yes, the advice was provided to inform the decision, but as I've already noted as well, the bulk of the reforms that are presented or proposed in Bill C-54 fall within the areas of what's already in the Criminal Code now for mandatory minimum p

Justice committee  Well, obviously federal responsibility is within federal corrections, but in looking at what implications there might be, we're not in a position to cost out provincial implications.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  As the question has noted, yes, the proposed increase in time means the sentences would remain under two years, which would mean provincial time, so what Bill C-54 is doing is adding to what is already there. Have officials done an assessment of what the implications might be? Y

Justice committee  I have two comments to make. First, the amendment is being proposed simply to section 151, so the obvious interpretation is that the discretionary clause, if it were enacted, would only apply to section 151. My second comment, though, would perhaps speak to some of the backgro