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Justice committee Absolutely.
March 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Juliette Nicolet
Justice committee The issue of judicial discretion is pretty layered. I think that, as much as possible, it's important to allow judges to take into account the practically permanent conditions that are part of urban aboriginal communities. This is impossible and it's actually an issue recognized
March 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Juliette Nicolet
Justice committee Thank you. The first part of your question was about....
March 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Juliette Nicolet
Justice committee Yes, I'm sorry. We believe it is premature. We believe that, for instance, on extrajudicial measures, aboriginal youth have not seen a decrease in their incarceration rate as a result of the YCJA, yet there has been a decrease in the incarceration rate of mainstream youth. The ef
March 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Juliette Nicolet
Justice committee I do. They do not spring to mind instantaneously, but I know they are mentioned here.
March 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Juliette Nicolet
Justice committee I will try to answer in French.
March 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Juliette Nicolet
Justice committee Of course, the legislation does not explicitly mention aboriginals, but we anticipate that the proposed amendments will help maintain the already strong trend according to which aboriginal young offenders are overrepresented in the prison system. These amendments would make thing
March 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Juliette Nicolet
Justice committee Thank you very much. Merci beaucoup. My name is Juliette Nicolet. I am the policy director at the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres. I'm going to try to be brief. The Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres represents the interests of 29 friendship centres
March 2nd, 2011Committee meeting
Juliette Nicolet