Justice committee  Yes, we will provide you with whatever information we can on the proportion of prosecutors and defence lawyers.

Justice committee  That's a very real probability.

Justice committee  I do not believe that the rate of violent crime is higher in Canada than in the United States.

Justice committee  There are two aspects that I'd like you to consider. First of all, a conditional sentence order can contain particular conditions of treatment telling an offender he has to take this treatment; he has to go to these places; he has to complete these particular treatment programs.

Justice committee  Essentially there is such a wide range of circumstance associated with drug offences that it is very difficult to set out particular drug offences that ought to be unavailable for conditional sentences. Drug addiction is such a particular area that this also tends away from allow

Justice committee  There are over a hundred offences this bill applies to, so it's difficult to do that.

Justice committee  One that should never get a conditional sentence?

Justice committee  I think there are a significant number here in my list that have those.

Justice committee  Oh, sure. I want to make sure I answer the right question. Do you mean ones that should not be part of this legislation?

Justice committee  You mean ones that should be. Well, there are many, starting with the lower numbers of treason, treason in time of war, intimidating Parliament, inciting to mutiny, sedition, breach of duty of care of explosives that causes death--there's a long list. As I quickly look at my lis

Justice committee  That is a reasonable position to take.

Justice committee  Just as a general proposition, there is always the concern of the difference between perception and reality, as it relates to violent offences, and how judges treat those violence offences, because--and I believe this point was made by Ms. Schurman--the everyday person who hears

Justice committee  There are no decisions—you are correct in that regard—or I'm sure you would have been well aware of them. As to definition of “serious violent offences”, obviously there is not a well-developed one in the jurisprudence; it is just starting to be developed. And obviously—and thi

Justice committee  We are asking you to look at these three options suggested on page 7 of the French and page 6 of the English. The reason for this is that it is our view that there is, to whatever extent, a problem perceived as it relates to serious violent crime, and that there are other offen

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Conditional sentences at the present time are for those individuals a judge has decided do not need to be imprisoned for rehabilitation or for purposes of community safety. Bill C-9 will put some of these people in jail; therefore, without making the commun