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Anthony Housefather

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 19, 2023
Context: Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (JUST) - Oct/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather (Mount Royal, Lib.)
  • 04:17:00 p.m.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. I would tend to agree with Mr. Maloney. I think that this is really putting the prosecutor in a very sensitive position of going beyond providing information and essentially providing legal advice. I would see a real issue if there were a breach of the protective order and the same prosecutor who had given advice was then supposed to prosecute the person to whom they'd given advice, and the person would argue that the prosecutor had told them certain things and they were relying on what the prosecutor told them, creating a real conflict of interest situation. I would tend to lean toward supporting this government amendment, because I think otherwise it really creates an issue of confusion and potential conflict of interest. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Context: Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (JUST) - Oct/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 04:53:03 p.m.
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I think there's some confusion, so I'd like to clear things up. Mr. Fortin, proposed a subamendment to PV‑9. He's right, and I agree with him, but the amendment will probably be defeated anyways, so I don't think we should waste time on it. The government submitted a new amendment that covers the same things as PV‑9 and NDP‑1, and it would fix the problem Mr. Fortin raised. The French version is right. Does that clear things up?
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Context: Bill S-12, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (JUST) - Oct/19/23
Mr. Anthony Housefather
  • 04:53:52 p.m.
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Yes, of course.
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