Justice committee  I don't think victims of crime are following the debate about Bill C-4 otherwise than in the media. The same is true in all organizations when there are bills in other contexts. Victims are members of the public who read the newspapers and listen to what is said on television. We

Justice committee  Our board of directors works with large networks, whether for victims of spousal violence, children who are victims of sexual assault, the Human Rights Commission, youth centres. So we reach the major networks. We are in daily contact through our members and our board of director

Justice committee  I work with a clientele of victims every day. We also do rights advocacy on request. We regularly work with victims as they deal with compensation and the correctional systems.

Justice committee  Certainly we do.

Justice committee  Myself, as a volunteer, I do it every day and all the time. I provide support for victims.

Justice committee  Not necessarily.

Justice committee  I think that in Canada, there is some difficulty in understanding what victims' rights advocacy organizations are, if we judge by the way women's groups have been...

Justice committee  Absolutely.

Justice committee  What we are presenting today is based on the work we do with coordination groups.

Justice committee  No victims have called us to tell us they are happy that the government is introducing a bill that will toughen the Young Offenders Act. When victims call us—as I said in my presentation—it is because they have problems with services and compensation. I would also recall that the

Justice committee  There would be about 50,000 cases in Quebec.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Frankly, I don't know what proportion.

Justice committee  About 80% of the members of our association are organizations. All of the major groups in Quebec that work with women victims of violence and centres to help victims of crime are members. There are police, people who work in crime prevention, private therapists.

Justice committee  Yes.