Justice committee  The people I deal with, some people have been bereaved for 20 years, 18 years, 12 years. They're not any further ahead than they were back when the child was killed or other loved one was killed. Granted I am talking about homicide. When there is a murder, there is always an ele

Justice committee  They have five in B.C. We don't have anything here. We don't have anything in other parts of the country. We need to address this now. If we don't deal with it now, I'll be calling in 20 years' time because my life will still be unmanageable. I'll still be unhappy. I still won't

Justice committee  What was the question?

Justice committee  Then what's the purpose of having victim services? That's why we have victim services. We're not asking for money. That's not what we're asking for. We're asking for help. I get referrals from police departments, not just in Ontario but in other parts of the country, to talk wi

Justice committee  I think, ultimately it doesn't matter whether it's a sliding scale. The important thing is that it be enforced. That's the key. You talk about responsibility and you talk about the government. Yes, certainly, we look to our provincial and federal governments. When you talk about

Justice committee  I think this is a whole other area. I think one of the things that fails victims in this country is the fact that there's no minimum standard of service across the country. For example, Newfoundland has virtually nothing for victims. They have a small fund to provide psychologi

Justice committee  That's correct.

Justice committee  This is crucial. This legislation has been around since 1989, and some amendments were made in 2000. There was a survey done in Ontario in 1994. The survey results showed that the Ontario revenues generated by the surcharge had declined drastically since the introduction of the a

Justice committee  Thanks, Chris. With regard to funds, we have received some project funding from the federal government, which has been instrumental in moving us forward. First of all, we're in the process of developing an educational package that we would like to deliver across the country even

Justice committee  I'm trying to get the sound.

Justice committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair and honourable members. Thank you for providing me the opportunity to address the committee on Bill C-37. My name is Yvonne Harvey. I am the chair and the co-founder of Canadian Parents of Murdered Children and Survivors of Homicide Victims Inc.. I a

Human Resources committee  I would like to just build on what Sue said. One of the things I hear all the time, almost on a weekly basis, is that there is no agreement between the provinces, so there is a lot of disparity in terms of what services are available in the provinces. In my case, my child was mur

Human Resources committee  I would go back to what you initially described as “stacking”. You're asking, if I understand you correctly, that if there was a missing child and someone took 35 weeks, 45 weeks, and then at some point down the road the child's body was found and it was obviously a homicide, t

Human Resources committee  In the case of a missing child, I think that would be important. I haven't had a child go missing, but I think I can say that you always hold out hope that the child will be found alive. I think two different things go on here. Yes, you're traumatized, but you're holding on to

Human Resources committee  I will address that first. Certainly the benefit of having the job protection and having that opportunity to have that leave of absence would provide for someone like myself to be able to take the time off to get the help I need. I guess the best way to explain it is that when t