I am practically running to the mic to answer that. Yes, indeed. No assessment is done of victims who go through the youth justice system.
Yesterday, as I was preparing for this consultation, I spoke with Ms. Kane, who was the director of the Policy Centre for Victim Issues. No research is being done on the questions I have raised. However, I will say that the Policy Centre for Victim Issues is doing excellent research work. Recently, there was a study on the subject of compensation and victim impact statements, but there has been no research on the questions I have raised. There are no program evaluations. There are not a lot in Canada, but particularly when we're talking about the youth system.
I would point out that where the offender is a minor, victims are further marginalized. We are even less concerned about our obligations to those victims. I have to qualify my words. In Quebec, in the case of diversion programs, for example, we are starting to get more experience in mediation with victims. We are starting to give information, but the fact remains that this is 2010 and we still have a lot of work to do.