Justice committee  A justice of the peace will make a judicial decision.

Justice committee  Every morning when a justice of the peace or a judge takes the stand, goes onto the dais, he is thinking about public safety. He is thinking about the interests of the public and how the administration of justice is working. So when an accused person comes before him, even though

Justice committee  No, that would be a release.

Justice committee  You're not going to make a decision on the legislation on the basis that the CPIC information is available in three minutes. You don't need legislation for that. With great respect, your concerns are much larger than that. It's easy to say, if the CPIC system is operating proper

Justice committee  With respect, and I'm not arguing with you, it's just that you are looking at bail in a microcosm. There are many concerns and many issues in relation to the bail, on primary, secondary, and tertiary grounds. It's a judicial hearing and a judicial decision is going to be made. Yo

Justice committee  Absolutely, you have proposed subparagraph (iv). It says: to show the circumstances of the alleged offence, particularly as they relate to the probability of conviction of the accused That's a trial. That bail hearing is going to take a while for sure, so yes.

Justice committee  Sir, can I say that the crown counsel will be forced not to consent. Then the courts are going to implode.

Justice committee  It's hard for the public to understand when someone is charged with an offence, but we start off with a presumption that this person deserves to be in the community according to the charter. Anything that seems to interfere with this—anything that is not reasonable and not propor

Justice committee  I think it's a nightmare.

Justice committee  Absolutely. That's in the interest of the public.

Justice committee  No, I'm not. I'm here as a member of the public and we don't just look at it in isolation. The charter is the umbrella that we work under everyday. I've been a victim of crime. I've defended people that have committed terrible offences and I've defended people who were totally in

Justice committee  If a justice said to me—

Justice committee  I think a justice is always going to say to the defence, “you may”. I can't think of too many circumstances where the justice will compel, but let's go on the other side of the coin. If I were a crown and the justice said, “Mr. Trudell you shall”, then I might say, “Your worship,

Justice committee  I was just told that was an appropriate apology from me.

Justice committee  What goes on in a consent bail is this. Crown packages are available. A prosecutor, whether for the province or the PPSC in drug matters, looks at it, looks at the criminal record, looks at the accused, and in a drug case finds out whether there's an addiction issue. The prosecut