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

Justice committee  I will try to answer in French.

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

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

Justice committee  Thank you. The first part of your question was about....

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

Justice committee  I do. They do not spring to mind instantaneously, but I know they are mentioned here.

Justice committee  Yes. Thirty-six per cent are under the age of 19. Fifty per cent are under the age of 27. Generally speaking, mainstream populations under the age of 27...you're talking about roughly what the under 19 proportion is. So thirtyish per cent are under the age of 27 in the general po

Justice committee  I'm not sure what the number is, but I can find it for you.

Justice committee  Absolutely.

Justice committee  A very low percentage would probably be described as that.

Justice committee  You asked about serious violent offenders.

Justice committee  As differentiated from repeat offenders.

Justice committee  Repeat offenders would include a very high proportion of the aboriginal--

Justice committee  Property crimes, yes.