Justice committee  I have no comments to make on that issue.

Justice committee  Ladies and gentlemen of the committee, good afternoon. My name is Joanne Jong, and I am the daughter of a law-abiding 88-year-old man who was cowardly murdered. That makes me a victim of the worst possible crime. Had it not been for the brave actions of Kevin Vickers during las

Justice committee  I think working to pay a fine is a thousand times better than what goes on right now, where the judge decides to let it go and doesn't impose the fine.

Justice committee  Yes, it's a great improvement. Even if a criminal doesn't have the money but is forced to pay the fine, that alone is a tremendous improvement over the current system.

Justice committee  Yes, it definitely does, absolutely.

Justice committee  From my understanding, the money goes in a general fund, and then it is directed toward the victims to help them. My understanding is that in some provinces, the aid to victims is taken from the general revenue and not from what the criminals pay. What the criminals will be payin

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  Yes, and that there's some help, because we become a victim as soon as a crime is committed. The trial can take a year, if they find the culprit. As soon as someone becomes a victim, if there are some measures in place to help the victim, at least the victim would feel that the g

Justice committee  What does "poverty-related crimes" mean? Are we talking about prostitution? If so, that's a very lucrative profession. So they should have a lot of money.

Justice committee  Shoplifters are not usually the poorest people.

Justice committee  Yes. That's a big step in the right direction because the criminals have to be made aware that they're causing damage. They might know that they're causing damage, but currently they're only sentenced to jail or to serve time. As a victim it doesn't feel right that they might go

Justice committee  It is helplessness. Currently, people can be responsible for killing somebody and get acquitted, which is really a horrible feeling. It's not something we can understand, why they get acquitted.

Justice committee  I think that only a small minority of criminals have no money. Many of them are charged for crimes other than murder. Many of them raise bail for their release. If they can raise bail money, they can afford to pay $200—a fairly small amount.

Justice committee  Good afternoon, members of the committee. I would like to begin by sharing with you the experience crime victims go through. I will then give you examples of essential services victims of crime need. Finally, I will explain why Bill C-37 meets the objective of making criminals

Justice committee  Thank you, sir. Of the two monsters who killed my father, one was not yet an adult and the other one had just become an adult, and their careers had started a long time before. They're not poor angels who didn't know what they were doing; they knew very well what they were doing