Justice committee  Thank you for the question. Unfortunately, we don't have, and we find that unacceptable. That is one of the requests we have made to the authorities in both departments of justice. We do not have the neutral, centralized data that would enable all justice system participants to

Justice committee  If I may, I am going to start, and my colleague will be able to add to my answer. We agree that for any interim hearing, any hearing where it is not necessary to determine the credibility of a witness, an accused or another person, videoconferencing is entirely appropriate. It a

Justice committee  That will certainly be the case for hearings with no witnesses, when travel can be avoided and it is manageable. There still has to be a minimum of management in courtrooms. So there has to be a clerk on site to coordinate it all. The bill will help things, but will obviously no

Justice committee  If I may, I am going to give the floor to my colleague Nicolas Le Grand Alary, since he is in a better position to answer substantive questions than I am.

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, committee members, I will introduce myself again. My name is Catherine Claveau, and I am the Bâtonnière du Québec. I am joined by Nicolas Le Grand Alary, who is a lawyer with the Secretariat of the Order and Legal Affairs of the Barreau du Québec. Thank you for inviti