Justice committee  I would highlight the provisions--and I'm not quoting them exactly--that talk about custody being the last alternative. Other than that, I wouldn't dare go into any musical analogies.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Well, remember, this would be in the context of a criminal offence having been committed--they would be before the court for that--and also in the context, with your clarification, of there having been previous criminal offences committed, although perhaps not a conviction yet. T

Justice committee  To be fair, “keep the peace and be of good behaviour” does include more than just a criminal offence, but generally it's interpreted to mean perhaps violation of a provincial enactment, so it wouldn't go so far as to include what used to be “incorrigible behaviour”. If you could

Justice committee  With conditions of a court order, it would have had to have been a previous order they were released on, and they continually demonstrate an inability to comply with those conditions.

Justice committee  Your point is that under proposed paragraph 29(2)(b) of our amendment, a person demonstrating “unwillingness or inability” may capture an individual who has a mental difficulty or a deficiency that way. It may, and I can't deny that. Obviously this term would be open for the cour

Justice committee  Okay, fair enough, and that's one good reason to have had us back here. That's certainly what we intend by that, and although we're glad to prepare legislative material, we aren't legislative drafters.

Justice committee  It's intended to mean previous orders that they weren't able to comply with.

Justice committee  I think we all agree with the answer to question one, the answer being that it can be salvaged or amended. On the second point, I will adopt my friend's position for the most part; however, I would say that the Nunn commission, although not an empirical study on the ground, was

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, again, for the opportunity to explain our concerns about Bill C-4. The committee has the transcript of our prior appearance. It will remind you of our concerns relating to specific provisions of Bill C-4. They relate to pretrial detention provis

Justice committee  I think you're right; our concern is that the wording doesn't capture the intent.

Justice committee  We'll give it a whirl.

Justice committee  I understand.

Justice committee  As a long-term goal, that's correct.

Justice committee  Yes, items (i), (ii), and (iii) are supposed to be interpreted with the idea of long-term protection of the public in mind.