Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  I'm not sure I understand your question.

Justice committee  If enacted, this legislation wouldn't change the current state of the law—if it is enacted prior to March 17. The current state of the law would remain—

Justice committee  They will, in the absence of another...something happening.

Justice committee  I should just also note that the federal legislation—the federal sphere—speaks to the criminal law framework governing exceptions to criminal liability. The provinces and territories are still responsible, under their authority for health care, for assessing what criteria, safe

Justice committee  I can't answer that question. I'm not a medical professional. I can't speak to that.

Justice committee  Yes, it does.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Sure. If it's okay with you, Mr. Chair, I propose quickly walking through clause 46 and drawing your attention to where the proposals in the bill correspond with equivalent provisions in the Criminal Code. It is a large clause. Proposed section 715.23 is drawn from the equival

Justice committee  Thank you. Good morning. I'm hoping that someone could provide me a copy of that motion, because I don't have the BQ motions. I gather it relates to section 650 of the code, but if I could have a copy, that would help. I think I understand. To me, this looks like a consequent

Justice committee  I'll ask Ms. Klineberg to answer.

Justice committee  I'll start. If I understand the question, I think Ms. Moore might have already spoken to it, or Minister Lametti. The assessment of whether the individual acted in a criminally negligent way won't be personalized. It's not simply a question of their unique circumstances. I thi

Justice committee  Sure. I think Minister Lametti has already spoken to the thought process that he took in terms of the decision to introduce the bill and the decision not to put a reference to the court. As he said, we did have a bit of a road map from the Supreme Court and from the Brown deci

Justice committee  To be fair—and we'd have to look back at the transcript, as I said—I think the scenario he was reflecting on was the offence under section 244.2, not subsection 244.2(2) of the bill. That is another offence that addresses similar conduct but different conduct. The offence in sec

Justice committee  Yes, absolutely. Discretion is a key component, as you and committee members know, of the criminal justice system from a constitutional perspective. We know that the exercise of Crown discretion can't save a decision or a finding of unconstitutionality from the Supreme Court's de