Justice committee  The child advocacy centres have a model of a family advocate, who is the touch person they can connect with from the beginning, from the moment they walk in the door through to the trial. If that family connects with that family advocate, then that person can go to court. They of

Justice committee  From a child victim's perspective, it's very important. Children will automatically appeal to the adult world around them and make sure that everybody is okay except themselves. That's an emotional response; that's automatic in development. They will take care of the parent; they

Justice committee  The biggest increase is with Internet luring. We now have a law that's challenging some of that. Internet luring, possession of child pornography, etc., are probably going up. To me, if we enact the right laws, we're going to get more reporting, more disclosure, and that's going

Justice committee  That's correct, yes.

Justice committee  I would want to say that the victims themselves should determine that, what the value is to them, that this isn't a uniform requirement that victims have. Some people never want to see the perpetrator again, and others do want to see them. I think this provision is important, for

Justice committee  Thank you. Madam Chair and honourable members, the right honourable clerk, and fellow presenters, thank you so much for having me here. Bill C-32 provides victims of crime with a right to information, a right to participation, a right to protection, and a right to restitution.