Status of Women committee  Okay. I'm trying to make clear what the original question was. As I understand, the question you would like to have answered is what some of the cases are that would remain unfulfilled as a result of the de-funding of the court challenges program, and that's an excellent questi

Status of Women committee  I'm not in a very good position to answer that question. Is there anyone else?

Status of Women committee  I probably pre-empted your question a little, but I thought we were running out of time. We have had some gains in terms of protecting access to third-party records in sexual violence cases. We now find that there are cases coming up through the system in which defendants are ch

Status of Women committee  I think it's important to remember that something like the court challenges program fits in with a larger profile that Canada historically has in terms of its role in the international community. I make these comments as a professor of international human rights law, and I say th

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. My name is Doris Buss. I'm a professor of law at Carleton University, and I'm the chair of the law program committee at LEAF. As many of you will know, LEAF is an organization that brings litigation, education, and some law reform work to advance equality