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Matthew Taylor

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 3, 2023
Context: Committee Evidence - JUST-75 (JUST) - Oct/3/23
Mr. Matthew Taylor (General Counsel and Director, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice)
  • 05:39:07 p.m.
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It's as you wish. Perhaps I can just very quickly confirm what the minister said. Paragraph 742.1(b) is the rule that says if an offence is subject to a mandatory minimum penalty, it is not eligible for a conditional sentence, and in section 151, which Mr. Caputo referenced, it's punishable by mandatory minimum penalties.
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Context: Committee Evidence - JUST-75 (JUST) - Oct/3/23
Mr. Matthew Taylor
  • 05:45:06 p.m.
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Based on the wording of the bill, it's for the victim or the person protected by the publication ban, and therefore not for the accused, as the minister explained.
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