Evidence of meeting #5 for Justice and Human Rights in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was training.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Raphael Tachie  Vice-President, Canadian Association of Black Lawyers
Hana O'Connor  Ontario Conferences Coordinator, Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
Cameron Aitken  Executive Director, Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity
Bonnie Brayton  National Executive Director, DisAbled Women's Network of Canada
Karine Myrgianie Jean-François  Director of Operations, DisAbled Women's Network of Canada
Rosel Kim  Staff Lawyer, Women's Legal Education and Action Fund
Monique St. Germain  General Counsel, Canadian Centre for Child Protection
Sarah Flemming  Executive Director, Colchester Sexual Assault Centre
Jess Grover  Board Chair, Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre
Amie Kroes  Board Secretary, Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre
Lori Anne Thomas  President, Canadian Association of Black Lawyers

12:55 p.m.

NDP

Alistair MacGregor NDP Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, BC

This bill by itself is not going to fix all of the problems we see in our justice system. Very quickly from each of you, what does additional federal support look like beyond the courtroom? I know that's a big question.

12:55 p.m.

Board Chair, Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre

Jess Grover

This maybe simple to say. We do what we do on a shoestring budget. There is so much we do. An hour of one-to-one counselling costs us roughly $50, which is extraordinarily affordable. Any money we have allows us to do work, particularly with under-served populations. We receive funding to work with women.

Where are trans and non-binary folks, where are men in this? There are gaps. There are pockets of money, but there are gaps that happen when the funding is disbursed in that way.

We work with survivors. We work in our communities. KSAC serves four counties. We know the needs of our communities. Trust us to meet them. Give us some resources.

1 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Iqra Khalid

Thank you very much.

I really appreciate all of the witnesses coming today. Your testimony has been very helpful. If there is additional information, based on the questions, that you would like to provide, please don't hesitate to submit a written brief at your earliest convenience, so that we can include that in our deliberations on Bill C-5.

Thank you once again for your remarks. We look forward to continuing this study.

The meeting is adjourned.