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March 27, 2013

• Legislation Responding to Supreme Court Decision in R. v. TSE Receives Royal Assent

  OTTAWA, March 27, 2013 – The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today welcomed the Royal Assent of Bill C-55, the Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act. This legislation adds new accountability safeguards to the Criminal Code’s existing provision for wiretaps in situations of imminent harm.

March 20, 2013

• Legislation Responding to Supreme Court Decision in R. v. Tse Passes the House of Commons

  The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today welcomed the passing from the House of Commons to the Senate of Bill C-55, the Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act. This legislation would add new accountability safeguards to the Criminal Code’s existing provision for wiretaps in situations of imminent harm.

• Backgrounder: Government response to Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Tse

March 13, 2013

• Government Appoints Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions

  The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the appointment of Kathleen Roussel for the position of Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions.

March 11, 2013

• Government of Canada Announces Coming Into Force of the Citizen’s Arrest and Self-Defence Act

  OTTAWA – March 11, 2013 – Today, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Jason Kenney, M.P. for Calgary Southeast and Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, announced that Bill C-26, the Citizen’s Arrest and Self-defence Act, has come into force.

• Backgrounder: Citizen’s Power of Arrest and Self-Defence and Defence of Property

March 4, 2013

• Backgrounder: Mental Health

• Backgrounder: Crime Prevention

February 15, 2013

• Statement by the Minister of Justice Regarding the Sentencing of Graham James

  The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, made the following statement on the Manitoba Court of Appeal decision related to the sentencing of Graham James.

February 12, 2013

• Court Upholds Limiting Conditional Sentences (House Arrest) for Serious Personal Injury Offences

  The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada welcomed today the February 6, 2013 ruling of the Quebec Court of Appeal in the cases of R.v. Perry, R.v. Beaulieu, R.v. Boisclair, and R.v.Pelletier. The ruling relates to the availability of conditional sentences for serious personal injury offences.

• Backgrounder: Ending Conditional Sentences and House Arrest

February 11, 2013

• Government of Canada Introduces Legislation to Respond to Supreme Court Decision in R. v. TSE

  Ottawa, February 11, 2013 - The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today introduced legislation that responds to the Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Tse. The legislation adds new privacy safeguards to the Criminal Code’s existing provision for wiretaps in situations of imminent harm.

• Backgrounder: Government response to Supreme Court of Canada decision in R. v. Tse

February 4, 2013

• Notes for an address by The Honourable Rob Nicholson, PC, MP Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

  The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, made the following speech at a roundtable event to set out and discuss the next phase of the Government of Canada's plan for safe streets and communities.

• Government of Canada Sets Out Next Steps to Make Canadian Streets and Communities Safer

  The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today met with stakeholders to set out and discuss the next phase of the Government of Canada’s plan for safe streets and communities.

• Backgrounder: Criminality in Canada

• Backgrounder: Sexual Offending Against Children and Youth

• Backgrounder: Key Accomplishments

January 24, 2013

• Government of Canada Taking Action to Help Victims of Crime

  MONTRÉAL, January 24, 2013 – The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced $1.2 million over three years in funding for the Centre d'expertise Marie-Vincent in Montréal to undertake projects that will serve victims of sexual abuse. The funding comes from the Department of Justice Canada and from Status of Women Canada.

• Backgrounder: Federal Victims Strategy and Victims Fund

• Backgrounder: Child Advocacy Centres

• Backgrounder: Status of Women Canada: Women’s Program

January 23, 2013

• Government of Canada Celebrates the Opening of Winnipeg’s Children’s Advocacy

  WINNIPEG, January 23, 2013– The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today attended the opening of the Winnipeg Children’s Advocacy Centre, designed to help better serve children and youth that have been victims or witnesses of crime. Minister Nicholson was joined by the Honourable Jennifer Howard, Minister of Manitoba Family Services and Labour.

• Backgrounder: Federal Victims Strategy and Victims Fund

• Backgrounder: Child Advocacy Centres

January 22, 2013

• Government of Canada Funds Programs to Help Victims of Child Abuse

  CALGARY, January 22, 2013 – The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced $185,000 in funding for the Canadian Society for the Investigation of Child Abuse (CSICA). The funding will support the organization as it works toward implementing a voluntary national certification program for forensic child interviewers, and will also be used to help cover the organization’s operational expenses.

• Backgrounder: Federal Victims Strategy and Victims Fund

January 19, 2013

• Victims of Crime in Yukon Benefit From Government of Canada Funding

  WHITEHORSE, January 19, 2013 – Today, the Government of Canada announced it has allocated more than $600,000 in program funding to help victims of crime in Yukon. The announcement was made by the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, on behalf of the Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. Minister Toews was joined by the Honourable Mike Nixon, Minister of Justice for Yukon; and Ryan Leef, M.P. for Yukon.

• Backgrounder: Federal Victims Strategy and Victims Fund

January 14, 2013

• Legislation Protecting Canada's Seniors Comes into Force

  The Honourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Alice Wong, M.P. for Richmond and Minister of State (Seniors), welcomed yesterday’s coming into force of the Protecting Canada’s Seniors Act.

• Backgrounder: Protecting Canada’s Seniors Act