From: ce11son@yahoo.ca

On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 00:43:41 +0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"
 wrote:

>Nobody  wrote:
>>"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:
>>>Nobody  wrote:
>>>>"Adam H. Kerman"  wrote:
>>>>>Wayne Hines  wrote:
>
>>>>>>http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/avis-advisory/rail/2
14/r13d0054-20140805.asp
>
>>>>>Still waiting for evidence the prosecutor will present in support of his
>>>>>theory of criminal liability against the three men, or does Quebec simply
>>>>>not have public prosecutions any more?
>
>>>>Most criminal charges across the various provincial/territorial
>>>>juridsdictoins in Canada come under the Crown Attorneys' Office... in
>>>>Quebec, the Director of Public Prosecutions.
>
>>>Yes, I know.
>
>>Then why did you ask,  "... or does Quebec simply not have public
>>prosecutions any more?"
>
>You're an idiot. You have no actual knowledge, and you've offered
>nothing at all helpful. I know the name of the prosecutor's office. What
>I don't know is why the basis for the incredibly high charges is such a
>closely-held secret, if there's nothing political about the charges.
>
>>>>Wonkypedia might help you:
>
>>>Uh, no, that was useless.
>
>>>>You're not going to see/hear publicly about evidence till the trial or
>>>>trials.
>
>>>Is there no preliminary hearing in Quebec in which the prosecution must
>>>lay out his case?
>
>>As has been outlined in that newspaper report, the next step in the
>>process is the court appearance in September.  Follow it, and
>>appeciate that Canada's legal system is not American.
>
>State courts in the United States uses a legal system based on the English
>legal system. What's Canada's based on, Somalia's? I found a Web page
>of a criminal attorney in Toronto that refers to preliminary hearings,
>but for all I know, Quebec has exceptional procedures.
>
Quebec's legal system derives from the days of French rule leaving it
with a partly-codified system of law. The differences are IMU mainly
in non-criminal law but as with e.g. English Law v. Scots Law in the
UK, the differences in the system compared with other provinces will
presumably lead to consequential variations in how a criminal case
based on a shared statute is dealt with.
Somebody in Canada and/or Quebec might have a more definitive answer
but you could be looking at the differences between the US and
CAN/Quebec WRT the pre-trial release of matters which might form
evidence in any eventual prosecution. Different jurisdictions have
their own limits on what information can be discussed/circulated and
when such restrictions apply; some restrict from the beginning of
investigations (the French way ?) while other can restrict from the
time someone is charged.

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