Health committee  I know that one of the drugs that has risen to the top as being extremely popular—and I can't tell you if it's specifically with very young children, teenagers, or young adults—is OxyContin. In the last several years, that has arisen as a drug of serious concern. As of a couple

Health committee  I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to look for. There is the offence of double-doctoring in the CDSA. The Criminal Code doesn't really have anything that's relevant to this area. If you're talking about contextual type offences or things of that nature—

Health committee  I'm not sure exactly what a T3 is.

Health committee  Okay. I know that we have the trafficking offence. Trafficking offences apply to pretty well all the scheduled drugs. If this particular drug, for instance, falls under one of these schedules, the trafficking in that drug would get caught, as well as possession for the purpose o

Health committee  I have a couple of observations, Mr. Chairman. One is that, as I recall, the health representatives when they were here pointed out that Canada is the second-highest consuming nation of prescription drugs. That means that the number of drugs that are circulating is high indeed.

Health committee  In terms of a national approach—as you're aware, we do have the offence of what's essentially called “double-doctoring”; it is not that—the offence is seeking to obtain or seeking a narcotic. That applies nationally. As Ms. Davies has pointed out, there are certain provinces that

Health committee  Thank you, Jennifer. I have no presentation to make per se. If you have questions in the area of criminal law or in the area of offences and penalties with respect to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, I'll endeavour to answer those questions.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to point out that our version of the 2012 CDSA, the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, does have the reference to the offence at section 7.1. Since the offence came into force in mid-2011, it will not have been included in the 2011 Martin's Cri

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This motion really introduces a coordinating amendment. The offence that's referred to here already does exist; it was created in Bill C-475. What this motion does is correct a reference in that offence that was created in Bill C-475, the reference to ec

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  I believe not. I have to admit that I'm not exactly clear on the status of some of the bills that have been tabled or will be tabled, and what some of these bills propose for 10-year penalties. So there may be something coming that would have an impact, but at the moment I don't

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  I have nothing, but really what you're asking me is a question that lies within the policy domain that this committee has complete control over. It's not something that I can really—

Justice committee  I thought that might be the case. If the committee chooses to take that approach, the committee may certainly do so. Up to now, there is no precedent for a penalty of ten years less a day. Given that there are bills containing aspects that may have an impact on a maximum sentence