I would say, but I would also say that, if we did have a crime of non-state torture in the criminal court, more people would come forward, probably, with their stories. I've also been witness to a woman talking to her lawyer about what she had endured, and many of these things that I read about she talked to her lawyer about and he said, “If you brought that in the courtroom, there would be blood on the floor; your blood on the floor. It's not safe for you to mention those things.” That was many years ago. We have evolved, but I do believe that we have to become more open to the atrocities that happen in Canadian homes.
On September 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.