Justice committee  I'm William Pentney, deputy minister of justice. I'm here with Marie-Josée Thivierge, who is our assistant deputy minister responsible for the management sector and chief financial officer; Carole Morency, senior general counsel and director general of criminal law policy; and Ba

Justice committee  For obvious reasons I can't speak to advice that is or is not given to the minister. I can say that in terms of judicial appointments, the Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs was established in part to administer the process for application and consideration,

Justice committee  I believe statements have been made by either the minister or the Prime Minister indicating that advice was sought both inside and from outside experts.

Justice committee  I will lead off, and then others will join. The government is obviously committed to reinforcing and doing what it can within its jurisdiction for the importance of both official languages and the importance of the capacity of those who are involved in the justice system one way

Justice committee  Yes. I won't speak for the translators who work here. There are very few trained people who are able to translate in such formal, important and serious proceedings as criminal cases. There are sometimes not enough people to do the work.

Justice committee  Yes, exactly.

Justice committee  Mr. Chairman, to my knowledge, that would be zero from the Department of Justice, from these appropriations. I could come back and confirm it. I won't speak for any of the portfolio agencies or DPP, but from the Department of Justice, subject to confirmation....

Justice committee  I suppose it is possible. We will confirm whether or not any of the cases that we handle involve a requirement to seek voluntary information from service providers, and if so, whether any of that's paid for. But to my knowledge, in terms of the main estimates that are before the

Justice committee  In terms of the role of the Department of Justice, we are not in the investigation business, other than, for example, in terms of international assistance or mutual legal assistance where there are those kinds of activities. Our business is providing legal and policy support to t

Justice committee  I don't believe in these estimates that any new resources have specifically been identified. There are resources allocated to the victims fund. There are obviously staff resources that have been allocated to the development of the victims bill of rights that would be devoted to s

Justice committee  I think it would be accurate. I guess the only nuance that could be added is that in terms of implementing new legislation, it can result in a new request or it can result in a request for a reallocation of existing resources, but in terms of asking for new money as the process u

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  That's a very interesting question and obviously one that is best answered in full by Treasury Board. I would say that in the cycle, with apologies for the confusion, over the course of three or four years or several years, something that is funded in supplementary estimates may

Justice committee  If you look backwards, the funding may have been in mains or supps, simply depending on the time of cabinet approval and Parliamentary approval.

Justice committee  Yes.