Justice committee  I thought it was tougher sentencing; I believe the legislation allows for sufficient sentencing now for youths. The maximum sentences are there. But I don't believe that youths would be deterred by a potentially more severe sentence, as opposed to the money and the lure of the mo

Justice committee  Yes, I have.

Justice committee  Yes, I'm absolutely supportive of that. It's needed and welcomed.

Justice committee  As Inspector Martin said, it's unlikely organized crime isn't into any area you might want to think of. I don't have any specific information about the construction industry in the GTA being involved or being manipulated by organized crime.

Justice committee  You can't improve it to the point of stalling it; we need to have it and then keep in mind to change it as the technology changes, to have that ability in the legislation. As technology changes, we will recognize that and move forward, but please don't delay it, because we need i

Justice committee  I believe it's less about deterrents than it is about profit for the youth who is being lured into working for the organized crime groups. They're being offered money that they can't possibly imagine in a world where they have to go to McDonald's to work for minimum wage. My beli

Justice committee  I don't believe they are. In fact, in Toronto police are actively working with social agencies to try to get to them before they get to that point. That is sort of not what you might think of police agencies, but it is something we are actively working at.

Justice committee  FINTRAC is doing an excellent job right now, and it appears that it has recently expanded its intelligence capacity. I'm going to speak from a Toronto perspective, I'm in charge of our asset forfeiture operation. We've been seeing much more detailed reports coming from FINTRAC, t

Justice committee  From a municipal Toronto police perspective, our core policing functions deal with things other than organized crime. Yes, we do become involved in organized crime investigations through drug investigations, gun and gang investigations, and partnerships with our federal, municipa

Justice committee  As far as youth involved in crime and being used by organized crime groups, yes, we see that in Toronto. I'm sure that is recognized in the GTA. In addition to that, the intimidation of youth witnesses is a critical problem. In Ontario, for criminal offences, we have a witness pr

Justice committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the panel. My name is Randy Franks. I'm an inspector for the Toronto Police Service, and I work in organized crime enforcement. I'll speak about some of the issues facing Toronto. Recent enforcement successes have had a profound impact on