Public Safety committee  It would require quite a bit of research policy development on our part. My starting point would be Immigration Canada, because they've had some issues with consultants, albeit in a very different context. It would mean working with our communications department to go to the Inte

Public Safety committee  In Bill C-93, as soon as you've completed your sentence, including a fine, you have no wait period. Therefore, if you have an outstanding fine right now, as soon as you pay it, you can apply. It won't restart your waiting period.

Public Safety committee  We debated that. We do not include it because personal possession has no limit. There was no distinction between public and personal in the previous law, so we don't have a distinction and we don't have a 30-gram limit.

Public Safety committee  I will start and then I will turn it over to Ian, because they are actively working on their plan. We meet regularly with stakeholders such as the John Howard Society and native associations, organizations that work with offenders across the country. We've had consultations with

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's a very good distinction to make. The human rights act doesn't prohibit someone from asking. It prohibits them from discriminating on that basis.

Public Safety committee  People who have other offences on their records, aside from or in addition to possession of cannabis, will be required to pay the full fee and to fulfill the wait periods associated with those offences on their records. As the minister said, if their only offence is for possessio

Public Safety committee  One of the differences was that prior to 2010, not all applications had to go before a board member. They could be dealt with administratively. When some of those applications now fall into that scheme, there may be some things that have to be done now that don't have to be done

Public Safety committee  We don't have very many programs like the Parole Board where we are doing that. This is the only full cost recovery one within Public Safety's realm that I'm aware of.

Public Safety committee  I'll take that just because we had done some research on it. I can't remember the exact year, but approximately for every dollar spent on a pardon, just over $2 is saved for the reasons you mentioned.

Public Safety committee  In our consultations, which were held in November and December 2016, we surveyed a range of issues. On the payment issue, it wasn't as detailed as that of the Parole Board of Canada. However, it was very consistent with how onerous people felt the costs were to have the pardon.

Public Safety committee  No, there were not particulars in that sense.

Public Safety committee  With all respect, I would say that there are two things to consider when you are making your decision. One is that the major tenet of this provision is about “least restrictive measures”. You've just passed two amendments dealing with least restrictive measures, and you would wa

Public Safety committee  Are we debating whether it's a justice question? You directed it to justice.

Public Safety committee  Yes, that's all under the patient advocate services. The section Monsieur Bisson was referring to, section 3.1, says that “The protection of society is the paramount consideration for the Service in the corrections process.

Public Safety committee  In the definition of “indigenous governing body”, we do refer to the fact that an indigenous group, community or people holds rights recognized and affirmed by section 35 of the Constitution Act. It's not just wide open for someone to put forward as you're suggesting.