Justice committee  I don't have any to add, beyond what is currently there. I believe we should be looking at making bail reform less restrictive, not more restrictive.

Justice committee  It is important to remember that among the people who are held in pretrial detention are people who have been harmed themselves, hundreds and sometimes thousands of times over in their lives. The harm that comes from being detained—these are the people we work with—is something we don't often think about.

Justice committee  Thank you so much. I will be reading from my notes on my computer, although I will be looking periodically to see if you're holding up a yellow card. Hello, everyone. It's lovely to be with you this afternoon. As many of you know, the work of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, or CAEFS, has been playing a key role in shaping services and policy direction for Canada's population of federally sentenced women and gender-diverse people, as well as those at risk of incarceration, since 1978.