Justice committee  I know lots of people who had mothers and fathers and were well off. I don't believe there are set criteria for a person who ends up in a gang or on the street. I believe it's all races, ethnic groups, levels of society, whether it's poverty, middle-income, or extreme wealth. I

Justice committee  Oh, that's a huge question, because how do you go into individual homes where it's being done? You'll find the occasional mother who is very addicted to drugs and who will sell her two-, three-, four- or five-year-old child. I have no idea how you would even put a figure on that.

Justice committee  The man I was with at the time was in the motorcycle club and burned to death in 1985. Since then I haven't been around. But yes, I was part of an organized motorcycle club, the Grim Reapers. They no longer fly their colours. They are now all Hells Angels in Alberta.

Justice committee  I think it's pretty well the same.

Justice committee  I don't believe that, because I come from a family of nine kids. I'm the only one out of all those kids who hit the street or did anything wrong. So I don't care how strong your family community is; if there's a child in there who doesn't feel they fit in, they go looking for it

Justice committee  I think it has to do with the kids. I talk to a lot of kids, and they're from all different ethnic groups. Some are even Somali. I talk with lots of Somali kids. They love their mom and dad, but they still don't feel that they fit in somewhere. So they want to be recruited so the

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes. That's why the younger ones are sent out to do the severe crimes like murder and stuff. They don't get as much time. They're not going to get a life sentence.

Justice committee  Exactly, because they get less time.

Justice committee  Yes, I do.

Justice committee  Poverty is a big one. As long as you have poverty and hopelessness, you will have these things. How do you get rid of them? That's a good question. We will always have poverty, and most of the kids who end up in these gangs come from poor homes. They really do. I know lots of y

Justice committee  Definitely. A man who rapes and beats a woman gets two years in jail. She's scarred for life. A lot of times they don't get jailed; they get probation.

Justice committee  I do believe that. Nowadays we're not allowed to spank our children, so we take away consequences. I'm not saying that beating your children is a good thing. I'm a firm believer in discipline, because if we know what the consequence will be at the end we won't step out and do som

Justice committee  If a young offender murders someone they get up to three years.

Justice committee  My kids all hang out with a lot of gang members, and they're of every race. I think it's every kid who's been pushed aside. They want to have that sense of belonging, being involved, and being part of something. All of us do. I don't think it matters whether they're 15 or 30. You