I like the fact that there is now a standardized victim impact statement. In Ontario the questions that were included previously in victim impact statements for children made no sense—you know, asking children how many days of work they missed and things like that. They didn't have a way to understand those questions or respond to them, and it just wasn't getting at what the impact of the crime had been on them. I think this is much better.
On October 21st, 2014. See this statement in context.