Justice committee  New Brunswick has not done any study. However, we had a debate on mandatory minimums for offences and frauds that were sometimes in the order of hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is not a study, but our conclusion was that we found sentences to be too short. We do not have any

Justice committee  I believe in the other provinces they're going into general revenue, but there is nothing to preclude special funds being designated for that. So we're in the process of drafting that. It's something we're considering. It has to go to cabinet, but it's something under discussion,

Justice committee  Thank you, Brian, for that very difficult question; I appreciate it--especially its length. Look, the Criminal Code of Canada of course is not a collection agency mechanism. Having the element of restitution within the bill arguably creates some redundancy, because the restituti

Justice committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in favour of Bill C-52 and to provide the committee with some information with regard to our government's position on it. Before I touch on Bill C-52, I want to give you some background on our gov