Justice committee  The organization?

Justice committee  I feel ill-prepared all of a sudden. I want to come back to this idea of what you mean around it working, because we have the Canadian evaluations, and they're still new in Canada and they work differently from the way they do in the States. We have six operating in Canada. The O

Justice committee  No, I'm not trying to be--

Justice committee  I apologize if I came off as sarcastic. That wasn't my intention. It's a methodological question in terms of how you actually operationalize a variable to measure what works or what success is. I was referring to success in terms of graduation rates. In terms of recidivism, on

Justice committee  It doesn't give me much to work with. I can't speak right now to the recidivism rates in Canada, but I'm more than happy to give that information to the committee. I will pass on as well the Canadian studies, because I think it's really important to make a distinction of how th

Justice committee  Echoing what Richard just said, we absolutely care about young people—we are young people—and that's why we're here today. We're concerned about the bill harming people. I don't have children yet, but by the time I do, hopefully, the time will have come when we have instituted h

Justice committee  Do drug treatment courts work? I guess it depends on how you evaluate success. In my opinion, a success of 10%.... The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse claimed those standards of care are not acceptable at 10%. So I wouldn't say they are effective. Another concern with that is

Justice committee  Thank you for the opportunity to present to you today about our concerns with Bill C-15. I'm speaking on behalf of the Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy, also known as CSSDP. We are a national grassroots network, comprised of youth and students, who are concerned about

Justice committee  We believe the current criminal justice approach to drug use is failing our generation and our society and is leading to increased harm from drug use. The Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy neither encourages nor condemns drug use, and we recognize the social and individu

Justice committee  Okay, sorry, I'll try. I'm nervous.