Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Allow me to add one detail. The U.S. constitutional context is so different from our own that any similarity is impossible. Mr. Bouchard referred to occasions on which either a province or the Attorney General of Canada could appoint a special attorney. However, it could never be

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Indeed, the part of the bill concerning the DPP does not in any way reduce the Attorney General's power to prosecute. That power is provided for in section 2 of the Criminal Code and will not change. However, Mr. Bouchard points out that another part of the act establishes a con

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I haven't examined Bill C-2 as a whole. It contains a lot of elements, but I can tell you that the part concerning the Director of Public Prosecutions changes nothing. Working with people who enjoy this kind of independence, and who appear to have it, is very positive. Furthermo

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  As to whether negotiations have been started, I can't give you an answer. I haven't looked into those questions. However, I can tell you that both Quebec's bill and Bill C-2 specifically provide for the possibility of an agreement in cases of interprovincial or intergovernmental

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We still recognize that there is a limit on the power of publication, that is to say that it is sometimes in the interests of justice to delay it. Publishing interventions could undermine the judicial process. Here you have chosen a model in which the Attorney General and the DP

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  As Mr. Bouchard told you, I have been responsible for the DPP project at the Government of Quebec since July 24, a project that resulted in passage of Bill 109 on December 1 last, creating the position of what, in Quebec, is called the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions,