Finance committee  Let me just clarify the initial response I gave you with respect to the Federation case. We are looking at ways to allow for the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act to operate within the context of what the Supreme Court will give us by way of wiggle

Finance committee  The Federation case, which is what you're referring to, set out a clarified and formalized principle of fundamental justice, which is the solicitor-client relationship. It's not just the solicitor-client privilege but also the relationship. The client has to believe and know that

Finance committee  No, Mr. Chairman, I don't.

Health committee  We've drafted the legislation, Mr. Chairman, in a manner that will allow the provinces some space to legislate, but they will not be able to legislate in areas where we have legislated and where we have imposed certain standards, and allow them to contradict those. I think that's

Health committee  The amendment is meant to ensure that the reference to an individual not being able to be identified as someone who has been dealt with under this legislation is incorporated into this provision as it is in other similar provisions. It is simply to ensure consistency in the text

Health committee  I can't speak to what databases are going to contain that information. We're talking, though, about judicial records, so at the very least court records would have that information.

Health committee  The courts have wide discretion in terms of sentencing options. With respect to fines, it was pointed out that the court can impose a fine of up to $200. That's a result of a motion that was adopted by this committee. The courts already have discretion in terms of alternatives

Health committee  No, I can't. I'm just pointing out what the Criminal Code provisions set out. I'm not aware of indigent persons being jailed for not being able to pay a fine. Perhaps my colleague can add to that.

Health committee  Mr. Chair, section 731 deals with the issuance of probation orders upon a conviction. The court may choose to impose certain conditions. If those conditions are breached, there is the risk of a charge being laid, and the possibility of imprisonment for breaching....that charge.

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The provisions dealing with conditional sentencing in the code specify that if a charge is dealt with by way of an indictment, then the conditional sentence would not apply if it's more than 10 years. The comment by Mr. Blair is correct in the sense that

Health committee  I think I may be able to assist you on this. Currently, there is no breakdown or distinction made between distribution and selling. In the CDSA, we have a generic trafficking offence, which includes distribution and selling. Those penalties are high: life, maximum, for amounts o

Health committee  The observation was made that the precision at proposed paragraph 4.1(3) covers that situation.

Health committee  Something along that line would...at least on that score, you would assuredly cover the person who's the victim of the overdose.

Health committee  I think that the interpretation of the term “introduction” can cover both the cases where an individual introduces a substance into their own body and those where someone else does it for them. The provision in question does not specify whether the individual is introducing the s

Health committee  Subsection (2) states “they, or another person, are suffering from an overdose”. The focus is not on the person who introduced the substance that caused the overdose, if they are a third party. The provision talks about the victim of the overdose who is suffering. The way the ove