Evidence of meeting #18 for Status of Women in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was judges.
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Liberal
Pam Damoff Liberal Oakville North—Burlington, ON
That's Justice Kent, is it not, Karen? She appeared. You'll probably remember. She probably will decline as well. I would suggest that you offer her an invitation.
There's Peter Jaffe. Pamela Cross was a really good witness that you had, and she is coming? Okay.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio
Perhaps, Alexie, you could name off the people who are coming for Tuesday's meeting.
There is a little bit of a gap here. I think that's the one thing we have to look at. There is a little bit of a gap. We do have a few people here, but....
Do you have that list?
The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Alexie Labelle
Yes.
We have Dr. Fortin and Dr. Guay from Université de Montréal, who worked on electronic bracelets.
We have Corinne Paterson, OB/GYN. We have Megan Walker, the executive director from the London Abused Women's Centre. We have Pamela Cross from Luke's Place. We have Peter Marshall from Recovery Science Corporation and Cee Strauss from LEAF.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio
One of the biggest things that I am thinking we see here is judges and lawyers. Who's going to be that opposite side? I think in order to have a good discussion, we do need some who say, “Hey, this might not be a good thing.” We know that we all want this, but we do have to hear from others.
Pam, do you have a thought?
Liberal
Liberal
Pam Damoff Liberal Oakville North—Burlington, ON
Why don't we see if they would come? That would also bring the lens of what Leah and Madame Larouche were talking about in terms of e-monitoring in rural and indigenous communities, but also bring the perspective of....
Are we in camera or in public?
Liberal
Pam Damoff Liberal Oakville North—Burlington, ON
Okay.
If you recall, Karen, we also had Carissima Mathen. She was a professor at the University of Ottawa who talked about the need for education throughout the criminal justice system. She might be one.
I would start with the National Judicial Institute and see if Justice Kent will attend.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio
Okay. With your approval, what I would like to do is to have the judicial council institute as our first invite, the Indigenous Bar Association as our second invite, and Dr. Peter Jaffe as our third invite if one and two cannot attend.
Do I have approval from you to go ahead?
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Karen Vecchio
I will be available if you need me to start making those phone calls myself, Madam Clerk.
I would like to thank everybody for taking part in this great discussion today. I will see you on Tuesday at 3:30.
The meeting is adjourned.
