Justice committee  I think you are right. If Bill C-13 is passed, it does not mean that kids will instinctively call the police. Most of them will not even know about it, actually. That is how kids are. However, I feel guilty answering that way, because if one young person does something to preven

Justice committee  The only thing I would add is that the numbers are a little misleading. Again, it depends on how you define “cyberbullying”. In the context of this bill, there is a definition. When we use the 80% or 85% number in terms of children and youth affected by cyberbullying, we are no l

Justice committee  Do you want to start?

Justice committee  The only thing I would add is that we often work with the bullies as well as those being bullied. Although there isn't a traditional profile of any kind, often these are kids who have had just a tough time, who haven't built up the confidence. It often stems from a lack of confid

Justice committee  You can see me smile. Yes, there has been an increase in the resources for those programs because the needs are increasing and changing very quickly. The additional resources mostly come from large corporate partners, companies, that are helping us with our work. Unfortunately, i

Justice committee  Not really. We reached out to some extent and we had a few meetings, but I feel that the consultation was somewhat limited. However, we greatly appreciated the opportunity to present a brief on the bill.

Justice committee  My answer is along the same lines as my two colleagues who have testified today. For us the affront to privacy is the same for young people as it is for adults. The difference is that kids are less aware than adults of the fact that an element in the bill itself affects privacy.

Justice committee  I talked about that with one of your committee colleagues just now. In terms of cyberbullying, we are doing a lot of work with kids who have been victims of it. But we are also working with kids who are doing the bullying themselves. In order to prevent it and to stop it from hap

Justice committee  Yes, I'd be happy to. May 7 is national belonging day, as we have chosen to call it, for the Boys and Girls Club. It's positive. The way to counter bullying is to talk about belonging, so we have a corporate partner with which we do a belonging day. But on a more practical lev

Justice committee  Thank you for the question. Let us talk about education first. Most kids under 17 or 18 do not really understand the impact of their actions when the changes happen very quickly. We mentioned differences between the provinces in our brief. For example, we have the BGCC National

Justice committee  Yes, we believe that there should be an age of consent. What should that age be? In our opinion, that should be discussed with young people to get more informed opinion, to really get to know the different opinions they have, to really find out their perception of their own int

Justice committee  I'm going to hand my time over to Fahd, who is a youth from one of our clubs.

Justice committee  Maybe I can just add a quick something. There are a couple of programs like the one the Police Athletic League here in Ottawa has—it got a prize yesterday, actually—that received funding from the crime prevention fund for several years. It has clearly demonstrated the outcomes we

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for inviting us to speak to the committee today. My name is Marlene Deboisbriand. I'm the vice-president of member services for Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada. Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada is a leading provider of quality programs that support

Finance committee  In total, the federal government invests $46 million in this area.