Justice committee  One of the things I alluded to was that banks began doing something recently that actually facilitated organized crime. Somebody buys a $500,000 house. It used to be that somebody would come around and do an appraisal on the house to make sure it actually was of that value, but t

Justice committee  I think that's definitely one. As for the complexity of investigating serious commercial crimes, to get back to the sentencing and the sentences in the U.S., compared to the that, the sentences in Canada are pathetic. We have a lot of cross-border interaction with our partners

Justice committee  I don't know who this guy is you're talking about, but let me say that you can't focus on one level or the other. The reality is that they're organized like any other organization. I can tell you this. I'm at the top of my organization, but if I can get taken out tomorrow, you

Justice committee  You're right. We're filling our jails, all right, but we're filling them with the mentally ill, and the criminals are now running rampant. The frustration we have is that we would like to see some kind of sentencing regime that takes serious criminals who hurt and victimize peopl

Justice committee  I don't think I said that; we recognize we'd have to have a lawful intercept order in place--part VI--in order to intercept private communication. What we're saying is to have the ability to do it.... Subscriber information is not available in regard to just straight out who has

Justice committee  Well, the one thing I would disagree with you on is that I'd love to see where sentencing is even applied. I think they're not looking at gun possession seriously. When someone carrying a handgun is picked up in downtown Calgary in the entertainment district, I don't think it sho

Justice committee  It's search and seizure.

Justice committee  It's search and seizure. The ability of our officers to conduct search and seizure is severely limited. I think there has to be a distinction between violating somebody's home and doing a traffic stop late at night when you have certain grounds. Maybe those grounds are insuffic

Justice committee  We are fairly new to the provincial legislative game. It's only been in place for about a year. It has been extremely successful and it grows monthly.

Justice committee  Again, I can only speak for Calgary, but unfortunately I think we've been incredibly naive over the years as it relates to Calgary. I think it has probably existed for longer than we believe. But now there's a firm understanding that it is a new part of the police landscape. Aga

Justice committee  The answer to that is yes.

Justice committee  No. In answer to the question of if we are aware of where corruption and infiltration are occurring, not to the point where we've laid charges, but there are investigations under way. Again, it's an issue of resources and the ability to focus an adequate amount of resources on t

Justice committee  Yes. Intimidation is one thing I would gladly be able to give you more detail on, but corruption includes having influence on accessing either police information or information within the justice system, or influencing the actions of somebody within the justice system.

Justice committee  I expect that at some point down the road, yes.

Justice committee  Calgary laid charges for human trafficking just this past year. But like every organized crime investigation, it takes a huge amount of resources to focus on the investigation itself. When you don't see large numbers of charges, it may not be because the effort is not there; it