Okay.
We've heard this from many hearings, so there's no positive outcome. I know it is difficult to understand victims' needs. Even when years go by, for us, it's as though the crime happened yesterday. At times, it is in the backs of our minds, but at other times it is right in our thoughts that we can't shake.
The implementation of Bill C-235, the respecting families of murdered and brutalized persons act, would spare victims from receiving unnecessary hearing notifications, having the stressful task of writing more frequent statements, and attending pointless hearings that retraumatize. It won't take away the pain of losing a loved one to abduction, sexual assault and murder, but it will ease some redundant stress.
My family fully supports this bill and hopes that it will be put forward, protecting other families from the harmful repercussions of hearings.