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Justice committee  Dear honourable members of the justice and human rights committee, thank you for inviting me here today. My name is Markita Kaulius, and I am the president of the Families for Justice society. Families for Justice is a non-profit organization made up of parents, family members,

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  Thank you.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  Thank you. I think one of the most important things is that, until you're forced into this situation, you have no concept of how prevalent this is and the magnitude of what it does to families. There are thousands of families every year being affected by impaired drivers and losi

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  I'd like to add something to that. As it stands right now, if they had the passive detection device, it could detect alcohol, the sense or smell of alcohol. Then they would be required to blow into it like a Breathalyzer. It's called an ASD, which is the breath concentration. Th

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  First of all, impaired driving is one of the toughest cases in criminal court to get convictions for because there are many loopholes that are used. We do have sentences of 10 years. I can count on probably one hand how many sentences are given out for that crime of 10 years. The

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  I think that if the public was aware that there were now new tools out there that the police could use to implement tougher screening, it may deter some people. But in saying that, just having those deterrents is one thing, but having punishments that follow up behind that for th

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  The penalties need to be enforced. That's the problem: we have these laws in place for many things, but the penalties don't back them up. Everybody knows that you shouldn't drink and drive, but we still are losing thousands of people because people are willing to take the chance

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  I would also note that I think Australia has gone down 39%. I know that in Colorado and Washington state, where they legalized marijuana, their impaired driving has gone up by 17%. They don't have the passive detection devices.

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  Yes. As you say, Australia has been for many years, and I know New Zealand, France, and other countries have been using these devices and have had very good results. There's a culture and a mindset there that they treat drinking and driving differently than we do in Canada. We'

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Justice committee  There are two separate bills. One is being brought forward by the Liberals and one by the Conservatives. We appreciate both members for doing this. These are both bills that need to be passed in the interest of public safety. That's the bottom line here. It's public safety for al

October 18th, 2016Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Public Safety committee  Thank you for inviting me to be here today. My name is Markita Kaulius, and I am the president of the Families For Justice society. Families For Justice is a non-profit organization made up of parents, family members, loved ones, and supporters who have all had a child or loved

February 6th, 2017Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Public Safety committee  All right. This is difficult.

February 6th, 2017Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Public Safety committee  Today I wholeheartedly request that each of you take the responsibility and look at what you can do to make communities safer. Every Canadian citizen deserves the right to their life and their liberty and the expectation that they can return home safely at the end of the day with

February 6th, 2017Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Public Safety committee  You work that out. That's three or four cases, and that's per four or five deaths. You break that down, and now with time off for good behaviour and early parole, they're actually serving about six months per death. That's it, six to nine months.

February 6th, 2017Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius

Public Safety committee  When we were out collecting names on our petition, I made a point of asking the public, “What do you think of our justice system?” I'm embarrassed to say this and I apologize for saying it, but the number one answer that we got from everyone was “Our justice system in Canada is a

February 6th, 2017Committee meeting

Markita Kaulius