Justice committee  Correct. It should not force a Crown attorney to make the kind of decision that he or she might have to make. Do not include it in that long list.

Justice committee  I requested to come to the committee. I wasn't contacted by the sponsor of the bill or by the Liberal Party. Normally, when that happens you'll get contacted. I write letters to the justice minister; I don't get responses. I didn't come here to go through the bill and say, "Hey,

Justice committee  Take it out of the list of hybridized offences. Subsection 753.3(1), or whatever it is—take that one out of the list of offences.

Justice committee  Exactly.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  There's no doubt that this hybridization would further download onto a system that's already strained to the limit. If you're talking about provincial courts, yes, I agree.

Justice committee  Two years less a day, if you proceed summarily, for certain.... This would influence how Crown attorneys make their decisions. Crown attorneys are already under significant pressure to move things. I call it the sausage factory. Have you ever been in a butcher shop? They're dri

Justice committee  Part of this bill is about creating efficiencies. One of the ways to create efficiencies, clearly, was this hybridization section. As you said, Mr. Cooper, there are a whole lot of very serious criminal offences. I focus on the most serious of the bunch, breach of an LTSO, but th

Justice committee  Thank you. Good evening. My name is John Muise. I am the volunteer director of public safety at Abuse Hurts, formerly the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness. It's a charitable NGO dedicated to the eradication of child abuse. Abuse Hurts provides support for survivors and victim

Justice committee  Thank you.