Justice committee  I'll be brief. This could be a very good thing because, in certain areas, such as Saint-Michel and Montreal North, people are starting to be afraid. These days, you can rent a weapon. That means that the weapon will be rented from someone; it will be passed to someone, who will s

Justice committee  What you say is correct. When I think of the youths and street gangs we see these days, I say that street gangs are in the heads of young people. Why? Because, with millions of dollars, the media have the opportunity to promote them. We're talking about promoting gangsterism. E

Justice committee  In general, as a result of the programs they've taken in prison, youths have very good intentions when they get out. They've learned something and want to do things differently. But when they enter the population, we have nothing more to offer them. We're afraid of them. When we

Justice committee  We've been clear about this today: when we say street gangs, it's no longer just Haitians who are in question, but all youths. We have to start intervening with youths from the age of five or six, when they haven't yet understood that, since one clan doesn't like them too much,

Justice committee  The parents are...?

Justice committee  Many parents have enormous difficulty supervising their children, for lack of time or because they aren't there. We've realized that a lot of parents unfortunately work between roughly 15 and 18 hours a day. That means that, when they finish one work day, they start another. A nu

Justice committee  I obviously agree. You can't blame poverty for everything that doesn't go right. When you talk about street gangs, for the moment, unfortunately, it's sort of the whole system that should be reviewed. That means that, today, these youths unfortunately can't find their place. It's

Justice committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, and thank you for inviting me. As a result of my role as coordinator of youth projects at Maison d'Haiti, I'm mainly going to address the historical aspect. We deal directly with young people, at the street level. Here we're talking about the situation w