Organized crime has severe and far-reaching consequences for community safety, the economy, commerce and public confidence in the rule of law.
Political and legal shifts in the last quarter century now find practically every province in Canada engaged in crime-fighting like never before, no matter the political stripe of the governing party. The ideological debates over crime-fighting are anachronisms.
Yet how able are individual provinces – constitutionally responsible for most crime fighting- to combat organized crime, which thrives on jurisdictional divides?
In Ontario, organized crime faces something new. With “Organized Justice”, Ontario has embarked upon an unprecedented level of collaboration, integration and innovation. Organized Justice is Ontario’s mantra in the fight against criminal enterprises’ own adaptation and reinvention.
Michael Bryant was first elected to his midtown Toronto riding in 1999 and re-elected in 2003. Michael was appointed Attorney General of Ontario on October 23, 2003. He has also served as Ontarioâs first Minister Responsible for Democratic Renewal and Minister Responsible for Native Affairs.
Michael holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of British Columbia, an LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School, and an LL.M. from Harvard University. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada for the current Chief Justice of Canada and practised litigation at McCarthy Tétrault in Toronto.
