Justice committee  That's sort of out of my bailiwick. I think the police officers would probably have a much better.... But I've certainly dealt with witnesses who were in witness protection. That's all I can really say.

Justice committee  Yes. The one I referred to was a Hells Angels prosecution. My understanding is that there are clubhouses, or certainly chartered clubs, in Edmonton, Red Deer, and Calgary, at the very least, and that perhaps there are fingers going into other outlying communities such as Fort McM

Justice committee  That's a tough question. Just for the committee's information, the test under Stinchcombe is that everything is to be disclosed that is clearly not irrelevant. I think one of the committee members brought up the fact that we can't get into the mind of a defence counsel. It's re

Justice committee  I would agree with that. In many cases, I think, when defence counsel receives the hard drive, which is really what amounts to a truckload of paper, they are not in a position with their own resources in their own offices to adequately digest all of that information. Defence co

Justice committee  Thank you. I'm not really sure what the committee can recommend. You're absolutely correct on one of the main issues, and I can tell you about one of the main issues, not anecdotally but factually. In the second case I related to the panel, the main issue is a wiretap affidavit

Justice committee  Thank you. No, I wasn't aware of the symposium, but obviously when that comes out it will be front and centre with our office. I'm interested in seeing how this is going to work. In a way, some of these disclosure problems are often dealt with in what we call pretrial motions:

Justice committee  In this province, we've actually had some charter issues split off, but generally speaking it is the trial judge who makes those determinations.

Justice committee  We have a policy division with PPSC and the justice department that could probably comment better on that. With regard to notice provisions and disclosure issues, I simply put that out there, and I'm hoping that there may be ways to streamline or potentially force the issue of n

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's a Supreme Court of Canada case called R. v. Garofoli. It indicates that certain notice provisions are required before an affiant is to be cross-examined on the stand by defence counsel. As I mentioned, I think one of the significant drains on resource

Justice committee  Yes. I mentioned Lising and Pires. Of note, it was some bikers, I understand, out of B.C.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, members of the committee, for inviting me here today. I have been a federal prosecutor for about 10 years. Before that, I was a provincial prosecutor for approximately two years. Federal prosecutors generally deal with drugs, and drugs mean orga