Justice committee  Thanks, Kasari. West Coast LEAF is pleased that this committee is discussing the reintroduction of the court challenges program of Canada as part of your study on access to the justice system. Alongside robust civil and criminal legal aid programs, funding for larger scale court

Justice committee  Like how much it would cost...? West Coast LEAF has not launched a full-on test case before. Yet, as LEAF had mentioned in their submission, we typically have taken an intervention strategy wherein we intervene when a case is already brought by other organizations. But I know fr

Justice committee  Yes. I'm having a bit of difficulty.

Justice committee  My French is terrible. Thank you.

Justice committee  Why do we need the court challenges program? Thank you.

Justice committee  As several other people on the panel have said, litigation is expensive, and as you can imagine, constitutional litigation requires amassing a considerable evidentiary record from lay witnesses and expert witnesses. Even if you're able to secure pro bono lawyers, who are willing

Justice committee  I would add to that very briefly, if I may. By having all sorts of different groups, historically disadvantaged groups and individuals throughout Canadian society, with some representation in the process in which decision-making happens, you wouldn't have what Ms. Landolt is conc

Status of Women committee  That's right.

Status of Women committee  I'm going to try very hard to stay within the seven minutes.

Status of Women committee  Thanks. Madam Chair, honourable members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to participate in this study. Following on Ms. Metcalfe's remarks, my focus today is on a few big-picture considerations that I hope will help frame your approach to the study. Meaningful system

Status of Women committee  Maybe I'll just quickly say that I like to think that I look too young to be so cynical, but I don't expect that corrections is going to volunteer to change. Any positive change that we've seen that's happened behind prison walls has really come because people outside have notice

Status of Women committee  There aren't many that are specifically directed at indigenous women. I think that indigenous women's organizations are always struggling. It's sort of a question of whether you put out the fire or fireproof your house. I think we're often putting out the fires for the organizati

Status of Women committee  I think we're setting people up for failure right now. Are we setting people up for more failure? It's hard to say, but we're putting people out at warrant expiry who've had no transition to community. I think the indigenous communities obviously are wanting people back in thei

Status of Women committee  Sure, and I think that maybe dovetails nicely with what you were asking Ms. Metcalfe about, and I agree with her. I think, when we think of indigenous communities, we sometimes have this idea of this sort of idyllic community that exists in this pristine way that hasn't changed s

Status of Women committee  Yes, for me as well, and solitary confinement.