QUESTION PERIOD — Justice
Transparency of Trials
March 31, 2022
Does the Minister of Justice, in his capacity as the Attorney General of Canada, intend to make an application to the Court of Appeal, just like his Quebec counterpart, to obtain as much information as possible about the controversial phantom trial?
Thank you for the question. I have no information about his intentions. I will inquire with the government and return with an answer shortly.
Is it also possible to know who in the ranks of the office of the Attorney General of Canada would be able to authorize a phantom trial in Canada?
Once again, I will ask the question and we shall see the reply. However, in order not to confuse senators and those watching, I will quote something that appeared in La Presse recently. Chief Federal Prosecutor André Albert Morin, of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Quebec Regional Office, confirmed as follows whether the trial was authorized, and I quote, “The answer is no.” He did not authorize a secret trial.
