Justice committee  I would second that and add the fact that it's conditional only to those two years or less. I would say we need to allow more room to broaden the use of and even remove that restriction, because it's artificial in many ways, just as other restrictions have been. Let's let judges

Justice committee  It seems that if you're going to challenge anybody it would have been me, considering that Vic Toews is ostensibly from my faith tradition, the Mennonite faith tradition, and is responsible for this bill. Yet, here I am speaking against it. What that shows you is the diversity

Justice committee  Thank you. That story you just told highlights very nicely what I thought the point of my presentation was, which was that with the way the current system operates--whether we're talking about conditional sentencing or any form of sentencing--both victims and community are large

Justice committee  Thank you. Yes, I specifically referred to a program called Circles of Support and Accountability, which is not specifically an aboriginal justice manifestation but one that is consistent with principles I have heard from them. It is a program of the Mennonite Central Committee

Justice committee  When I think about the sentencing options that come before judges and the further restricting of the options they can engage in, I remember a conversation I had with a friend of mine who is also a judge in northwestern Ontario. He shocked me when he looked me in the face and said

Justice committee  Certainly. It is particularly troublesome that there is such a significant interest and effort put into the development and carrying forward of bills, such as this one and Bill C-10, that are based firmly on an outmoded paradigm of justice. It is as if we are looking at a black

Justice committee  Thank you very much. My names is James Loewen, and I come from the promised land of Langley, British Columbia. I'm glad to come all this way. It's lovely here. I'm here on behalf of the Mennonite Central Committee Canada. It is the service, development, and relief agency of th