Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  One has “défenseur“.

Public Safety committee  It would aid us in answering a question if we had the wording in front of us. I don't have it.

Public Safety committee  It's always hard to answer hypotheticals. I think I can answer your question by stating this, which is that definitions of torture, both at international law and I believe domestically, do not restrict themselves simply to the application of physical violence to the individual. I

Public Safety committee  If the general point is whether psychological torture gets included in definitions of torture, the answer to that is yes.

Public Safety committee  First of all, I'm sorting out which particularities we're talking about. We're going to talk first of all about “ensure that special advocates are provided with adequate administrative support and resources”. The comment I would make simply is that it was the intention to do exa

Public Safety committee  There are certainly many administrative law schemes that are supported by criminal law sanctions, but that's different from what you're asking me.

Public Safety committee  If you absolutely refuse to file your taxes, eventually there is a criminal offence attached to that.

Public Safety committee  Exactly, which is why I'm saying it's a different matter. There are also offences attached to the Immigration Act, but on preventive detention, or detention for the purpose of dealing with public danger.... Let me be specific in my language here. I'm having difficulty on the spot

Public Safety committee  As I understand the amendment, it would move the standard of proof for a finding of reasonableness in the certificate from the current standard to that of beyond a reasonable doubt in the criminal law. Is that correct? That would be a very significant shift in the law and one tha

Public Safety committee  Could we just undertake to provide you with the exact number?

Public Safety committee  Certainly. Let me go back and talk a bit about why we say what we say in the act about solicitor-client privilege. The reason we say that—and I believe it's the same reason given by the British, as well—is that lawyers, when representing an individual, have an obligation to tha

Public Safety committee  I had the occasion to look at the secret evidence in relation to Mr. Zundel, not one of the current cases but a previous case.