Justice committee  The comment I'd like to add is one of the issues with legislation is that it doesn't allow for growth. As technology advances, we always have to update our legislation, rather than having legislation that permits it in some way. If there were a way to find language for lawful ac

Justice committee  My perspective is that in terms of enforcement and intelligence, Ontario is very well positioned to deal with organized crime. The focus on partnerships has had a lot of success in CISO. All the various enforcement units in Ontario are all members of CISO as well. I think we're

Justice committee  I can't speak to any in Ontario. There are a couple of cases before the courts now, though, that I really can't speak to at all that aren't dealing with leaks but actually with police and other civil servants engaging in corrupt activities outside of their work or utilizing their

Justice committee  Well, there are some like that and there are some that do involve organized crime groups, and we have to let the courts do what they do best in that regard.

Justice committee  I have a very good working relationship with the director of CISQ. Forgive me, I don't have actually the name of the ministry, but their public security ministry has been in contact with me and they want to come and have CISO demonstrate the differences between CISO and CISQ, and

Justice committee  I'm not aware of one in Ontario, sir, not a judge.

Justice committee  There are numerous cases of police and civil servants.

Justice committee  I was invited the day before yesterday, so I put it together pretty quickly.

Justice committee  In the police profession, as I'm sure you've heard, there are all kinds of competing resources and issues that come forward. When CISO started 45 years ago, it was as a result of a royal inquiry into what everybody will understand as and call today “traditional” organized crime,

Justice committee  In terms of civil forfeiture and proceeds of crime, the issue has been dealt with rather creatively in Ontario with provincial support and federal support, and some funds have come our way and we have been able to do things. For example, we have this provincial electronic survei

Justice committee  The question is, we don't know where it goes, because every few years we might get a couple of million dollars in support of it. We don't know in Ontario where the rest of it goes.

Justice committee  Good afternoon. I'm Peter Shadgett. I am pleased to be here to talk about organized crime issues in the province of Ontario from the perspective of Criminal Intelligence Service Ontario. I received a call from the director of Criminal Intelligence Service Canada on Tuesday. He a