Justice committee  This is what I was referring to. If I may answer the first part, I'm sure Stephen will have some things to say. I can't give you the exact number. What I can say is that we certainly subscribe to the idea that—and everyone uses different figures—10% to 20% of the people do 50% o

Justice committee  No, I'm not aware of that program, unfortunately. I do have a lot to say about what you said leading up to that, though, if I could address some of your questions, and maybe it relates to PhoneBusters. Mr. Chair, how much time would I have for that?

Justice committee  It should be said that I think Stephen has raised a very good point. Simply put, I don't believe Nova Scotia ever had a prohibition/enforcement model, but as of about two years ago, we moved into a crime reduction strategy. That strategy is getting at many of the things you're ta

Justice committee  In my recollection, in my notes I made a list of things that could occur or did occur in Nova Scotia, including child exploitation. I don't recall saying “new”. That was in the context of child exploitation in terms of the ICE units, the integrated child exploitation units, which

Justice committee  I think those questions would have been better addressed by the law enforcement panel, as they can speak specifically.... As I recall, there was a comment this morning that there is at least one patch-carrying member in Nova Scotia. To the degree that one might say, “Well, Nova

Justice committee  Yes, I can answer that. It is a topical issue for us right now. Since 1998 we've had a federal integrated proceeds-of-crime branch in Halifax. As you know, that targets only substantive offences, the federal ones, those being drugs, customs, and that area. Through our program f

Justice committee  I don't think I do. What might have been considered to be a gap was that both the federal proceeds and the provincial proceeds legislation are premised on proving the substantive offence, which can be a somewhat difficult chore. If you don't prove the substantive offence, then yo

Justice committee  In that regard, while I appreciate the level you're talking about, from our perspective, we look at organized crime in Nova Scotia in a broad sense, and we believe that even street gangs need to be targeted in organized crime efforts.

Justice committee  Thank you. I don't recall using the number 99 for organized groups here. Perhaps I did. But what I will say is that when you talk about your definition of what organized crime is, I appreciate what you're saying. You're talking about the higher echelon. If that's what you're talk

Justice committee  Yes, no, yes, and....

Justice committee  On the technological challenges, what I can tell you is that I do participate on the national coordinating committee on organized crime, or NCC, at the federal level, and my colleague Fred Sanford, who is here today, sits on the regional coordinating committee. Lawful access, i

Justice committee  Thank you very much. Just as I begin, let me make a couple of opening comments flowing from that presentation. First, I wish tea were our only problem today. Second, like Mr. Norlock, I spent 25 years in law enforcement with the RCMP before joining the province. Maybe to follo

Justice committee  Thank you. Just as another clarification, while I was once counsel for the Province of Nova Scotia, I am now the executive director of the public safety and security division of the Nova Scotia Department of Justice. I do thank you for the opportunity to meet and speak on beha