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Justice committee When we were part of Justice, as the old Federal Prosecution Service, at that stage, access to information, planning, human resources, finance, and those types of activities were covered by the units within Justice that did those. When we leave, we have to establish our own acces
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee Organized crime cases usually involve a number of accused. They usually follow a lengthy investigation. They usually entail a lengthy trial. There's also an incredible amount of documentation associated with them by way of wiretaps. We often have to be involved in the pre-charge
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee We never look at whether we win or lose a case. It goes back to the famous dictum in the Supreme Court of Canada case called Boucher. We're not there to win or lose a case; we're there to put the case fairly before the courts. You'll see in our report that we talk about a measur
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee Do you have in front of you the reports on plans and priorities? Is that the only document you have? What you have there is the money that was transferred from Justice. It shows $86.3 million, and there's also $12.2 million that represents employee benefit plans. That $12.2 milli
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee Okay, so the $12.2 million doesn't show up in that. In any event, that money is not part of our budget. It's money that sits with Treasury Board.
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee It was designated before we were staffed.
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee In terms of additional money in budget 2006, as part of the accountability action plan—
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee Yes, 2006. There was $15 million in one-time transition costs over two years, and there was $7.8 million in permanent, ongoing costs that were allowed to us. We have to make a submission to Treasury Board to access those funds.
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee No, because it's not part of the main estimates. It's money we have to access by going to supplementaries.
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee No, it doesn't. Again, that is money we have to access through the supplementary estimates, following a submission to Treasury Board.
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee We haven't used any of that money yet. As I mentioned, we have to make a submission to Treasury Board.
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee We plan on making a submission.
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee I'll ask Mr. Fortin to give more detail, but the $15 million was intended to cover moving costs, some infrastructure costs in terms of IMIT—information management and information technology—and things of that nature. For example, right now our headquarters is co-located with Just
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee We're working on the details. We want to do this prudently. We don't want to just go in and ask for $15 million and say—
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders
Justice committee We'd first have to go to Treasury Board, before ministers. We go to ministers first.
May 17th, 2007Committee meeting
Brian Saunders