The Final Report on Early Case Consideration of the Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System

Appendix B

Organizations And Individuals Consulted

National Organizations

  • Federal/Provincial/Territorial Heads of Prosecutions

  • Federal/Provincial/Territorial Heads of Corrections

  • Federal/Provincial/Territorial Legal Aid Working Group

  • Law Amendments Committee, Canadian Association of Chief of Police

Law Amendments Committee Focus Group

  • Mike McDonell
    Assistant Commissioner, Criminal Intelligence Directorate
    Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  • Sue O'Sullivan
    Deputy Chief
    Ottawa Police Service

  • Vince Westwick
    General Counsel
    Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

  • Frank Ryder
    Detective Chief Superintendent
    Ontario Provincial Police

Manitoba Focus Group Participants

  • Janice Lemaistre
    Supervising Senior Crown Attorney
    Domestic Violence Unit
    Manitoba Justice

  • Tim Owens
    Crown Attorney
    Manitoba Justice

  • Gerry McNeilly
    Executive Director
    Legal Aid Manitoba

  • Irene Hamilton
    (Former) Assistant Deputy Minister, Courts Division
    Manitoba Justice

  • Timothy Killleen
    Defence Counsel
    Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Josh Weinstein
    Defence Counsel
    Winnipeg, Manitoba

Newfoundland Focus Group Participants

  • Michael A. Madden
    Counsel, Federal Prosecution Service

  • Thomas G. Mills
    Director of Public Prosecutions

  • Dennis C. MacKay, Q.C.
    Senior Staff Solicitor, Newfoundland Legal Aid Commission

  • Randolph J. Piercey
    Kelly, Piercey, Barristers and Solicitors

  • Robert E. Simmonds, Q.C.
    Simmonds Kennedy, Trial and Appellate Lawyers

Nova Scotia Focus Group Participants

  • Joseph Kennedy
    Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

  • Frank Hoskins
    Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service

  • Anne Derrick
    Nova Scotia Provincial Court

  • John Scott
    Nova Scotia Public Prosecution Service

  • Joel Pink
    Barrister and Solicitor

New Brunswick Focus Group Participants

  • David D. Smith
    Chief Justice, The Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick

  • A. Wilber MacLeod
    Barrister and Solicitor

  • W.J. Corby
    Crown counsel

  • Scott F. Fowler
     Barrister and Solicitor

  • Anthony Allman
    Crown counsel

Prince Edward Island Focus Group Participants

  • Jacqueline R. Matheson
    Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island Trial Division

  • W. Kent Brown
    Director of Legal Aid

  • David P. O'Brien
    Senior Crown Counsel

  • Cyndria Wedge
    Director of Public Prosecutions

  • John K. Mitchell, Q.C.
    Barrister and Solicitor

Quebec Focus Group Participants

  • Maurice Galarneau
    Juge à la Cour du Québec

  • Claude Parent
    Juge à la Cour du Québec

  • Me Gilles Trudeau
    Directeur de bureau
    Affaires criminelles et pénales
    Centre communautaire juridique de Montréal

  • Me Marie-Andrée Trudeau
    Substitut en chef du procureur général
    Direction générale des poursuites publiques

  • Me Josée Ferrari
    Membre du comité en droit criminel
    Barreau du Québec

  • Me Lucie Joncas
    Déléguée par l'exécutif de l'association des avocats de la défense de Montréal

  • Me Sabin Ouellet
    Substitut en chef du procureur général et directeur du bureau des affaires criminelles par interim

  • Me Annie-Claude Bergeron
    Substitut du procureur général

Ontario Focus Group Participants

  • Rob Buchanan
    Vice President, Client Legal Services, Legal Aid Ontario

  • Mike Cantlon
    Deputy Crown Attorney, Peel Region, Criminal Law Division,
    Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

  • Angelo Longo
    President and CEO, Legal Aid Ontario

  • Deb Paulseth
    (Former) Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Courts Services Division
    Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

  • John Pearson
    Director of Crown Operations, Central West Region
    Criminal Law Division, Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

  • Murray Segal
    Deputy Attorney General

  • William (Bill) Trudell
    Canadian Council of Criminal Defence Lawyers

  • J. David Wake
    (Former) Associate Chief Justice,
    Ontario Court of Justice

  • Lou Strazos
    Criminal Lawyers, Association

Saskatchewan Focus Group Participants

  • Associate Chief Judge Snell
    Provincial Court

  • Murray Brown, Q.C.
    Executive Director
    Public Prosecutions

  • Jane Lancaster, Q.C.
    Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission

  • S/Sgt Ross Gervan
    Criminal Operations, F Division
    Royal Canadian Mounted Police

  • Bernie Pannell
    Deputy Chief
    Bureau of Support Services
    Saskatoon Police Service