Summary
"Throughout the 1990s, Canada, and particularly Quebec, bore witness to violent biker wars between various outlaw motorcycle gangs. Many were killed, including an innocent 11-year-old boy. The federal government responded to the perceived threat by enacting Bill C-95 in 1997. This legislation was found wanting and, as a result, the government responded with new legislation, Bill C-24, in 2001. The thesis examines the organized crime provisions in this bill, both in regard to their creation and their subsequent enforcement. I attempt to envisage the possible evolution of the fight against organized crime in Canada. Information and experience are lacking, however, and I turn to the United States, which has had organized crime legislation in place for thirty-five years, as a source and guide for the possible directions which Canadian organized crime legislation might take."--Page ii.