Justice committee  In terms of minimum sentencing, that's correct.

Justice committee  The distinction is that the maximum you could get if you proceeded by way of summary conviction is two years. It's not as if there's a minimum penalty for the summary conviction offence. It's what the maximum penalty is for a summary conviction. There is that difference. But cer

Justice committee  Yes, that's pretty much it.

Justice committee  Thank you very much for inviting me.

Justice committee  I have a couple of comments I would like to make first just for the record.

Justice committee  A part of it might be a bit of a history lesson for people around the table, but I thought I'd start with the discussion about the provision dealing with sentencing, subparagraph 718.2(a)(i) of the Criminal Code. That was originally created in 1995 by the then-Liberal governmen

Justice committee  Under the existing torture offence in subsection 269.1(1), it's a maximum penalty of 14 years' imprisonment.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Thank you for that clarification.

Justice committee  Yes, under the commitments made by states to combat torture, states are required to report on a periodic basis to the United Nations Convention against Torture. Sessions are held by the UN Committee against Torture when they examine a state party's report, and at the end, they is

Justice committee  That's not the position we're putting forward. The position we're putting forward here is that there be just one general offence of torture, where everything is called torture under one offence. As I recall, during the committee hearings last week, there was some suggestion that

Public Safety committee  [Inaudible--Editor]...to the Attorney General, and before anything could be done. A private individual could not on his or her own initiative go to the judge to ask that the terrorism peace bond be placed on a person. The person would first have to get the consent presumably of t

Public Safety committee  I would think it's probably very small. That would be my opinion, yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If you don't mind, I'll pass that on to Ms. Girard.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If you don't mind, I'd appreciate it if Mr. Stevens could respond to that. He'd be much more familiar with that particular convention and the international obligations thereunder.