Justice committee  At this stage, as you know, or maybe you don't know, there are negotiations ongoing between the Association of Justice Counsel representing lawyers at Justice and at our organization. Until now, in our view, we've fairly well achieved a certain degree of parity with the major pro

Justice committee  This is Mr. Dolhai's program so I'll ask him to answer.

Justice committee  I'll start and then I'll ask Mr. Dolhai to fill in any details that I might miss. The program is only in the north of Canada. We have 16 crown witness coordinators spread among our three offices. We have an office in Iqaluit, one in Whitehorse, and one in Yellowknife. As I indica

Justice committee  In terms of hearing from our prosecutors, we hear occasionally that the courts are questioning why we're proceeding with these cases, given that the government has announced its intention to decriminalize or legalize the possession of marijuana in the future. The position we hav

Justice committee  It has been raised. In a few cases, we've heard that prosecutors were asked why they were proceeding with the case.

Justice committee  When we were established by the Department of Justice, we inherited its budgetary model, which was a hybrid model. Most of our budget in the prosecution service was A-based, as we used to call it. It came from the main estimates. However, there was a certain percentage of the m

Justice committee  As Mr. Piragoff explained when he was before you a moment ago, the act does provide for new tools to allow investigators to obtain electronic data. For example, they can get preservation orders to require Internet companies to preserve documents, or production orders to require t

Justice committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and honourable members. Thank you for inviting us here today. I've provided the chair with a copy of the opening statement with a focus on the supplementary estimates (C). With your permission, Mr. Chair, I'll provide you, as Mr. Pentney did, with a bri

Justice committee  I have not seen the letter you are referring to.

Justice committee  You are saying that the RCMP said that it did not consult the Director of Public Prosecutions. Did I understand your question correctly?

Justice committee  The media contacted us twice. First, they asked us whether we participated in the investigation. We said no, because we are not an investigative body. The second time, they asked us whether we provided a legal opinion. I think the answer the spokesperson gave was the same as the

Justice committee  The answer is that we don't spent any money in that area.

Justice committee  There are not any in these main estimates.

Justice committee  My answer has two parts. First, the RCMP, or any other investigation agency, is not required to consult us during an investigation. It is up to them to decide whether they need a legal opinion or not. Second, we do not give confirmation on whether an investigation agency commun

Justice committee  No. We cannot confirm or deny that.