Justice committee  Oui. Our preferred amendment would be to just delete the exception and leave proposed subsections 353.1(1) and 353.1(2) in place, as well as the rest of Bill C-26.

Justice committee  The legitimate purpose is a valid point, but we are also concerned about the onus. Certainly the obligation on the part of the crown in criminal offences is to prove each and every element beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is a doubt as to whether there is a functional or alter

Justice committee  Both the Canadian Construction Association and the OSWCA believe that proposed subsections 353.1(1) and (2) provide law enforcement officials with needed assistance in combatting auto and construction equipment theft by making it an offence to partially alter, remove, or oblitera

Justice committee  My name is Frank Zechner. I'm the executive director of the Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association. With me is Mr. George Kleinsteiber, our anti-theft consultant for construction equipment. I should note that Mr. Kleinsteiber is a former OPP officer, having 32 year

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Rathgeber. I could simply answer that by saying no, it has never happened to me. And I can say that in my experience, I have never heard any other defence counsel tell me of that happening to them. I repeat that in general, people want to get out. They don't want t

Justice committee  I don't mind answering it, because it happens. I've had clients who have tried to, but it certainly hasn't been for that reason.

Justice committee  Just so that nobody is misled, I haven't been practising for the past four and a half years because I've been home taking care of my kids. I'm talking about the experience I had before that.

Justice committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for this opportunity. I'm going to start by addressing some of the concerns that were raised by members of Parliament in the House on April 20 with respect to the bill. Specifically, I mean unclogging the court system, lost rehabilitation opportunit