Justice committee  That's what they get paid for.

Justice committee  Bindings of other tribunals are not binding on Canadian courts. Canadian courts are sovereign. They determine the applicability of Canadian law, depending on domestic law. They will look at international judgments, or even judgments of other courts in other countries, for guida

Justice committee  No. The minister is not the Attorney General for the provinces, although he is the Attorney General for the territories. However, this bill, like the Anti-terrorism Act, provides for a concurrent jurisdiction, whereby either the Attorney General of Canada or the Attorney Genera

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  There were 40-something offences that had mandatory minimum penalties, I believe, prior—

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  Correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  I can answer that. I think what the minister was saying wasn't on the specific intent. Some of the treaties require that we criminalize the import or export simpliciter of certain material. What the minister said is that we already have legislation that does that. For example,

Justice committee  I don't have the provision in front of me, so I'll be answering purely on my memory of the provision that you refer to, which is an existing provision of the Criminal Code. That provision was put in for the purposes of ensuring that a person would not have a bogus acquittal or a

Justice committee  It is very much a judgment call on the part of a crown attorney to look at the situation. It really becomes, to use the comment, a smell test first. Does something smell fishy here, something that is not proper? However, the real determination is the court, because the court ha

Justice committee  I can only speak to those CACs we're involved in funding. The federal government has enhanced funding for four existing centres and has provided funding to develop 11 new ones. In total, 15 are receiving funding from the federal government.

Justice committee  The 11 new ones.