The following are reports of the Criminal Section working groups, organized by year. Criminal Section working groups are usually created through the adoption of a resolution, and the Criminal Section generally votes on the adoption of working groups’ reports (interim report(s), where applicable, and final report) at annual meetings.
2025
2024
Final Report of the Working Group on s. 490 of the Criminal Code
Status Report of the Working Group on the Treatment of Animals in the Criminal Code
2023
Final Report of the Working Group on s. 487 of the Criminal Code (Search Warrants)
Status Report of the Working Group on s. 490 of the Criminal Code (Detention of Seized Property)
Status Report of the Working Group on the Treatment of Animals in the Criminal Code
Status Report of the Working Group on s. 672.26 of the Criminal Code (Juries and Fitness Hearings)
2022
Status Report of the Working Group on s. 487 of the Criminal Code (Search Warrants)
Amended Status Report of the Working Group on Technology in the Courtroom
2021
Final Report of the Working Group on the Review of the Scope of the Criminal Section’s Mandate
Status Report of the Working Group on s. 490 of the Criminal Code
Status Report of the Working Group on s. 487 of the Criminal Code
2020
Status Report of the Working Group on s. 490 of the Criminal Code
Status Report of the Working Group on s. 487 of the Criminal Code (Search Warrants)
Status Report of the Working Group on the Review of the Scope of the Criminal Section’s Mandate
2019
2018
2017
2016
Endorsement of Search Warrants, Orders and Authorizations in the Criminal Code
Private Recordings and Public Risk: The Balance after R. v. Barabash - Report of the Working Group
Charter Costs Awards and Civil Charter Damages Against the Crown
The Law of Informer Privilege - Final Report of the Working Group
2014
2013
Contradictory Evidence: Criminal Liability for Recanted K.G.B.Statements
Statutory Exemptions to Mandatory Minimum Penalties: Final Report
2012
Working Group on Contradictory Evidence: Criminal Liability for Recanted KGB Statements Final Report
Enforcement of Extra-Provincial Search Warrants - Progress Report
2011