Justice committee  Perhaps I can answer that. Some of the arguments have been well about prosecutorial discretion. The Crown does a review. It does a triage. It looks and withdraws those cases that are on the border. It's fairly clear. I believe the last panel referred to it. In R. v. Nur, which w

Justice committee  It's my position that it's not the quantity but the quality. That was the purpose of my little narrative at the beginning. It's not about “How much time are you going to save?” or “Oh, there's only 5%. What does it matter?” Every person matters, particularly when we're looking at

Justice committee  Thanks.

Justice committee  You're welcome.

Justice committee  I think in terms of using paper disclosure, you have to be concerned about what exactly you're getting out of it. You already heard during the last panel—and it could be applied here—Michael Spratt say it's about the “why”. Often in a very contained video or a very contained pape

Justice committee  I do.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  I do appreciate what he had to say about that, but this is done under oath. It's not as if an oath is not there. In fact, it could be an atmosphere that would be more open for people who are unrepresented or for people from the indigenous communities, who feel oppressed by a cour

Justice committee  At least when I think about the situation that has been going on in two cases that we have had in Canada, I believe that the Crown can make a motion before the judge and that the judge could be responding to the fact that the jury that's been chosen is not representative or that

Justice committee  I don't know what's been going on in Quebec, but I can tell you that it has been used in a limited way in Alberta in restoration hearings when there are proceeds of crime or there's a forfeiture hearing. The cross-examinations on any affidavits that are filed for that have been g

Justice committee  Thank you.

Justice committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Chair and honourable members of the standing committee, thank you for giving me this opportunity to comment on the proposed amendments to the preliminary inquiry sections of the Criminal Code. It is a privilege to be here to speak about an issue that car