Revue du droit sur la fiabilité d'un témoignage

R. v. Thomas, 2012 ONSC 6653 

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[13]           Reliability generally relates to the testimonial factors of perception, memory, and communication whereas credibility relates to sincerity or honesty.  Reliability is particularly a concern in cases where witnesses are very young, where they testify about distant historical events, where their accounts are inconsistent or contradictory, where their accounts are unsupported by any other reliable evidence, where their observations are not recorded contemporaneously, where they have a poor opportunity to observe, or where some other shortcoming relevant to perception, memory, or communication may exist.  See, generally:  R. v C. (H.) (2009), 2009 ONCA 56 (CanLII), 241 C.C.C. (3d) 45 at para. 41 (Ont. C.A.); R. v. Sanichar, 2012 ONCA 117; R. v. Norman (1993), 1993 CanLII 3387 (ON CA), 87 C.C.C. (3d) 153 (Ont. C.A.); R. v. S. (W.) (1994), 1994 CanLII 7208 (ON CA), 90 C.C.C. (3d) 242 (Ont. C.A.); R. v. M. (B.) (1998), 1998 CanLII 13326 (ON CA), 130 C.C.C. (3d) 353 (Ont. C.A.); R. v. G. (G.) (1997), 1997 CanLII 1976 (ON CA), 115 C.C.C. (3d) 1 (Ont. C.A.); R. v. McGrath, [2000] O.J. No. 5735 (S.C.J.).