Justice committee  Is it Whatcott? What paragraph? Do you have that? If not, we can find it.

Justice committee  Very good. Thanks for that.

Justice committee  Very good. We'll now turn to Bernie Farber from the Canadian Anti-Hate Network. You have eight minutes.

Justice committee  I'll call the committee to order. We are continuing our study on online hate. I'd like to welcome all of the witnesses. We are going to start with the witnesses who are joining us via video conference: Seifeddine Essid and Mohamed Labidi from the Centre culturel islamique de Q

Justice committee  Thank you very much for that. We will now move to Professor Jasmin Zine, professor of sociology and Muslim studies option, Wilfrid Laurier University. Welcome. You have eight minutes.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. One item that I would like to bring up is something that arose from the PROC committee. At PROC, a request was made by our members, which was supported by the NDP, to hear from the commissioner of Elections Canada. The Liberal members on the committee oppo

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  I have no objection.

Justice committee  Thank you for that. Professor Wells, are you satisfied with the directive overall?

Justice committee  If you had the federal government taking the lead and working with the provinces to establish a consistent prosecutorial standard, would you be satisfied that the standard would be consistent with the federal directive?

Justice committee  I would like to continue along that line in terms of sexual assault and the use of it. You made reference to changes you'd like to see in the Criminal Code. Perhaps you could elaborate. I presume it's consistent with what you just stated.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witnesses. I'll direct my first question to Ms. Williams. You stated that in your opinion the directive issued by the Attorney General is vague in some areas. Could you, perhaps, elaborate on what areas you find it to be vague?

Justice committee  Now, you would agree that while HIV is no longer a fatal condition, it remains clearly incurable and has serious implications on one's health. You would agree with that.

Justice committee  Even with antiretrovirals, for some individuals they don't always work well. I saw some evidence indicating that individuals who use antiretrovirals experience higher rates of certain diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and so on. Would you care to comment on tha

Justice committee  Thanks for that. Ms. Montgomery, you stated that it is your position that in terms of the realm of criminal law, there should be Criminal Code penalties for individuals who intentionally transmit. What about in the case or recklessness? Why should that not be covered by the crim