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Justice committee To answer your question, I will say that in fact, when the Youth Criminal Justice Act was brought into force, it was promised, in a way, that a broad study of the results would be done after five years, and based on that we would see whether changes had to be made. To our knowledge, though, that broad study was never done in Quebec.
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee In fact, we say that protecting the public and rehabilitating young offenders are not opposing principles. On the contrary, rehabilitating young offenders protects the public in the long term. These rehabilitation measures range from prevention to intervention for the most serious cases, and they have to be adapted to each young person's situation and needs.
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee In fact, these principles have proved to be ineffective when it comes to young persons. This principle is not the way to achieve the objectives of rehabilitation and reintegration and thus the long-term protection of the public. The third objective that we strongly oppose is lifting the ban on publication of the young person's identity.
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee That concludes our review of our four main objections to the bill.
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee Good morning.
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee We would like to make four main recommendations to the committee today in connection with the part of Bill C-10 that relates to young offenders. We are hoping to see amendments made to four aspects. The first relates to the amendment to paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
October 25th, 2011Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee That is entirely correct.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee No, on the contrary, I think protecting society is a very laudable goal. It is better ensured by rehabilitation measures than by punitive measures, that's the difference.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee In fact, I think the primary goal of rehabilitating the offender is to protect society. We don't rehabilitate offenders for the joy of doing it, we rehabilitate them because we think crime is something we should combat. Crime jeopardizes protection of the public and that is why we work to get these young people back on the right track.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee No, we handle 15,000 young offenders.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee We also offer services for young people in need of protection and young people for whom adoption is being considered. So that makes more children. Young offenders account for 10% of the total number.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee We are funded entirely by the government of Quebec.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee Obviously, a proportion of funding is based on our clientele, but it is not solely that. I can't explain exactly what total funding for youth centres is composed of. Obviously, each youth centre gets different funding, depending on the number of clients. But that is not the only thing counted, there are also other factors.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee I'm sorry, I didn't understand the translation.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette
Justice committee For me personally, I don't think so, no. I would be getting the same salary, maybe more.
May 13th, 2010Committee meeting
Michèle Goyette