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House Government Bill
41st Parliament, 1st Session
June 2, 2011 - Present
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An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mega-trials)
Short Title
Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act
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Minister of Justice
Last Stage Completed
Royal Assent
(2011-06-26)
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Greens pleased government agrees to hearings on “mega trials” bill (Green Party)
Greens will not allow mega-trial bill to proceed without due consideration (Green Party)
Upholding Safety in Our Communities (Conservative Party)
Related Links
Final Report on Mega-trials of the Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Criminal Justice System. (Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System. Ottawa, Department of Justice Canada, 2005, 12 p.)
Law reform initiatives relating to the mega trial phenomenon (Michael Code. Paper submitted at the 22nd International Society for Reform of Criminal Law held in Dublin, Ireland, 11 – 15 July, 2008)
Megacase Management. (Federal Prosecution Service Deskbook. Part XII. Chapter 54. Federal Prosecution Service. Ottawa, Department of Justice Canada, 2004)
New approaches to criminal trials (Chief Justice’s Advisory Committee on Criminal Trials in the Superior Court of Justice. Toronto, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, 2006)
Report of the review of large and complex criminal case procedures. (Patrick J. Lesage, and Michael Code. Toronto, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, 2008, 180 p.)
Report on jury reform (Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System. Ottawa, Department of Justice Canada, 2009, 46 p.)
Structural aspects of terrorist mega-trials : a comparative analysis (Bruce A. MacFarlane. Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182. Research Studies. 3:151-309, 2010)
The challenges we face (Remarks of the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C. presented at the Empire Club of Canada, Toronto, March 8, 2007)
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