Justice committee  I only know for the women. Of the nine who applied, seven were deemed—not immediately, but were deemed—eligible for reduction. Some of those reductions were immediate, and some were not.

Justice committee  At 16 or 17 years, as opposed to at 15 years. In most of those cases, they were very close to those dates, because it often takes a while to get to court. In one case, the woman was deemed to be eligible at 17 years, and by the time the section 745 hearing occurred, she was wit

Justice committee  In the case of the woman I talked about who had an intellectual disability, it actually was considered a contract killing at the time, because she was in a bar and had asked someone to help her by stopping this man, her common-law husband, from beating her. The man who killed her

Justice committee  As you may be aware, one of the courses I teach at the law school is on defending battered women on trial for this. These are some of the reasons that it's not often that the women themselves provide the evidence. Most of the innocence projects and the conviction review groups on

Justice committee  I think we should, but I think we should also look at what we do when we ask.... Your point about a victim's feeling a responsibility to come I think is a very real issue. It's a time when many people don't want to be re-victimized and don't want to revisit, for all kinds of reas

Justice committee  I'm not aware of anybody.

Justice committee  I know of one man, but none of the women have reapplied.

Justice committee  Yes, although I don't presume to be fully apprised of all the issues related to men, because it has been some time since I have worked with men. I'm Kim Pate, with the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. I want to thank the committee for inviting us here. I also tha

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  I know you asked the gentlemen to speak to this, but I would like to speak to this because I think the presumption that we come without any knowledge or understanding of victims is misleading. It's cynical. I have a daughter who is growing up without a grandfather because he was

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  In fact, there was mention of victims. I mentioned a woman who was assaulted while in prison. I mentioned a woman who died partially as a result of the treatment she received in prison. We know that a full 90% of the aboriginal women in prison and approximately 82% of the non-abo

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Thanks. I think you're well aware that we work with women who are victimized, as well, not just women who are criminalized in the system. It's certainly a concern for all of us that those needs be met. There's also a concern that this type of legislation is being introduced on

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Actually, there have only been two women subject to a dangerous offender designation. There are none currently, but there are a number of long-term supervision orders.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Part of it is that we have intervened in those. Of those who have been designated, though, the challenge is that the context is often determined by those who we're also relying on to determine what resources are available to meet the needs of that individual. So when the needs of

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  My focus, as my president, Maître Joncas, outlined, will be on the dangerous offender provisions specifically and the potential impact of what's being proposed. The only surviving young woman who was declared a dangerous offender at one point was supposed to be with us. Her name

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Monsieur Tremblay deals with and is much more knowledgeable about many of the international issues, so I'll leave those questions to him. In Canada, the main difference I see—and it's a very important and vital difference—is that by signing on to the optional protocol and then r