Public Safety committee  I have one example that I'd like to bring forward. With regard to gates and cameras and all of that, I think this is an example you will understand. When a woman is raped, we don't say that it's her fault for dressing promiscuously; it's the rapist's fault. I feel that the same a

Public Safety committee  No. I don't think there's anything wrong with gates and security systems, but I don't think the burden should be solely on the property owners. I think it's the burden of the justice system to make sure that repeat offenders aren't coming back and doing more crimes.

Public Safety committee  Yes, I think everybody.... Even as women—

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry. I don't understand your question. Can you repeat it, please?

Public Safety committee  I see what you're getting at, but I feel like it's a tricky question, to be honest. Our primary aim in having firearms in rural areas is not to protect ourselves from other people. It's like a vehicle. It has a lot of potential to be dangerous if used in the wrong way. That is w

Public Safety committee  We are not experts on that, no. But—

Public Safety committee  We were focused on our own case.

Public Safety committee  This committee is mostly made up of MPs from Ontario and Quebec and, I think, mostly urban areas, so we hope that you gain an understanding of what rural reality is actually like in our areas. It is quite different from downtown Toronto or some of the urban ridings that you repre

Public Safety committee  I don't think a review of priorities will make much difference when there isn't enough coverage in the first place. Part of the reason they were unable to come for two hours is that they had so few staff on duty. As these ladies were saying, until 6 a.m. or 7 a.m. there is only o

Public Safety committee  In terms of how the whole ordeal has impacted us, obviously it was incredibly stressful, the whole four months of the court process. Eddie had nightmares after this incident and now we have to lock our doors all the time.. We always have a fear of people coming back. Every time

Public Safety committee  In terms of the impact on our kids, we now have a five-year old, who was four at the time, and our youngest daughter is just over 18 months, so she was about a year when this happened. They could feel the stress we were feeling. They had to spend a lot of time with their grandpar

Public Safety committee  Yes. We're not so sure about the one woman who was charged, but the male, his name is Ryan Watson. He was injured pretty seriously from the ricochet. Five weeks later, he was found in a stolen vehicle with break-in tools and charged again. At this point, I don't believe they've

Public Safety committee  No. We hear about crimes every day. I just don't know if people are reporting it as much. Actually, in the last six months in Turner Valley, which is a neighbouring area to ours, crimes have gone up instead of down, so I think people just aren't calling as much.

Public Safety committee  When we went to the rural crime meetings, a lot of people were asking, “What can we do?”The police didn't have an answer. In our experience—with our very expensive legal defence lawyer—the police are not giving people the appropriate answers as to what they can and can't do. Pe

Public Safety committee  Yes, 10 feet from our door.