For you non-Canadians an "Information" is the Canadian word for filed charges in provincial courts.My brother and I just filed a private information to bring criminal charges against the RCMP officers that kidnapped us.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_ ... ndictmentsCriminal charges are set out in written form, either through an Indictment or an Information. An Indictment is the form of a charge typically handled in superior court while an information is the form used in provincial court.
A private information is actually a thing;
https://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on. ... cution.phpPrivate Prosecutions
Generally, allegations of criminal activity are reported to the police. After the police investigate, they may lay criminal charges. However, anyone who has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed an offence may lay an information in writing and under oath before a Justice of the Peace.
When the information is presented to the court by a private citizen, it is then referred to either a provincial court judge or a designated justice of the peace, who holds a special hearing. The purpose of the hearing is to determine whether a summons or warrant should be issued to compel the person to attend court and answer to the charge.
This hearing, held under s. 507.1 of the Criminal Code, takes place in private, without notice to the accused person. At the hearing, the judge or justice of the peace must hear and consider all of the allegations and available evidence.
The Crown must also receive a copy of the information, get notice of the hearing, and have an opportunity to attend. The Crown may attend at the hearing without being deemed to intervene in the proceedings.
If the judge or justice of the peace decides not to issue a summons or a warrant, then the information is deemed never to have been laid.
If the judge or justice of the peace issues a summons, the person will be served with a copy of the summons, which notifies them of the charge and compels them to attend court. If the judge or justice of the peace issues a warrant, the person will be arrested and brought before a justice.
To avoid any abuse of the private prosecution process, the Criminal Code and the Crown Attorneys Act authorize Crown Counsel to supervise privately laid charges to ensure that such prosecutions are in the best interest of the administration of justice. If a summons or warrant is issued and the case involves an indictable offence, the Crown is required to take over the prosecution. So, a private citizen's right to swear an information is always subject to the Crown's right to intervene and take over the prosecution.
But Dean isn't going to get much traction using it in a complaint that he's unhappy about being arrested. That's what "kidnapped" means in Dean's context. However Dean isn't using it for vengeance, he just trying to save his life!
https://www.facebook.com/dean.kory?fref=ts&ref=br_tfDean Kory
Just needed to get this made public right away for our safety...the civil filing is where things get straightened out.