Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today in my Member’s statement I spoke about a process problem that a constituent went through, and their experience of having an EPO issued against them. Fortunately for me and in this circumstance, this matter is not before any type of judicial consideration, and that gives me the ability here to talk about the process and the whole problem.
It’s my view, and certainly the view of many, that apparently there was some unfair due process not fulfilled on this particular case. Training and the ability of third parties being able to advocate and certainly put forward EPOs may be an issue. Court time and process has an appearance to be abused in some manner or not. The judicial system may have been misled with false testimony. I would say there seems to be some competence process problem here that should warrant what I would call a comprehensive review in some manner. If anything, there are a ton of questions on this particular issue that should be answered and need to be answered by qualified individuals.
My question for the Minister of Justice is: would he be willing to have his department do a comprehensive review on this particular circumstance to make sure that emergency protection orders aren’t issued in the circumstances as I’ve described them here today in my Member’s statement?
Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Minister responsible for Justice, Mr. Lafferty.
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. This particular matter is before... Part of the matter is before the courts and I feel very uncomfortable speaking to this issue. I know the Member raised that issue about the constituent, and so I have to take the question as notice for now.
Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Question has been taken as notice. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.
