Justice committee  I guess my feeling is that we don't know how many children were saved, because we just don't know.... There's such an increase now in the problem that proportionately it might even be less had that law not been in place. I am not convinced that it didn't work; I just think it's a

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and distinguished members. While I'm the founder of the CCAA, I'm also a victim of childhood sexual abuse. Like many survivors, I ended up in the psych ward and was suicidal, so I can speak not only as a victim but as someone who works with victims. I fou

Justice committee  Yes, I can. Thank you.

Justice committee  First of all, I have to tell you that you have no idea how just seeing that you are doing this victims bill of rights is affecting the community. I know there are a lot of problems with how we're going to make it work, but just doing that, you have no idea. That alone is going to

Justice committee  Absolutely, and again that's going to cost some money.

Justice committee  With regard to...?

Justice committee  I think I mentioned the more natural it can feel for a child, if a child did not have to go before the perpetrator at any time. They could be videotaped. It's done a lot now, but I think it could be done more and more. For instance now they have the Sheldon Kennedy Child Advocacy

Justice committee  Okay. Thank you. First of all thank you so much for inviting me to speak today. I really appreciate it. I am extremely grateful for this bill. I'll give you a little background on myself and why I can speak to this issue. I myself am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. As a c

Justice committee  Thank you, honourable chair, and committee. I need to make a correction, because I think my friend here is having a little heart attack. He is not a witness; he's just a guest. He won't be speaking.