Le voir-dire devant être tenu sous l'article 715.1 Ccr sert à permettre au témoin âgé de moins de 18 ans pour lui donner l'opportunité d'adopter son contenu

R. v M.A.M, 2024 PECA 2

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[60]         Section 715.1(1) provides for the admission of videotaped testimony where the victim or other witness was under 18 years of age at the time of the alleged offence.  This section requires that a voir dire be held prior to the admission of a videotaped statement.  The purpose of the voir dire is to review the contents of the tape to ensure that the statements conform to the rules of evidence.  Once the trial judge rules that the statement has been adopted, the video becomes evidence of the events described as if the child were giving the statements on the video in open court.  One of the primary goals of the section is to prevent or materially reduce the likelihood of inflicting further injury upon a child as a result of participating in the court proceedings (R. v. F.(C.), 1997 CanLII 306 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1183, at paras. 50-55).