Justice committee  Mr. Petit, I would like to add something to the answer provided by my colleague Mr. Doob. I think that it would be acceptable if this provision were perhaps added to the current legislation intermediately. Earlier, I talked about the importance of conducting a differential assess

Justice committee  I have worked with colleagues who attended the roundtable, but I was not there myself.

Justice committee  The study is currently being funded by the Government of Quebec and is being conducted under the guidance of Professor Denis Lafortune, of the University of Montreal's School of Criminology. We are about ten researchers in the group, which is supposed to cover various regions and

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  Possibly, but I don't know. A quick study subsidized by the department was conducted within one or two years of the legislation coming into force, but to my knowledge, there have been no studies to determine what has been working well, and not so well, in terms of application.

Justice committee  If we want to amend section 3, it's possible. Then, the rest will follow.

Justice committee  To answer your first question, I think it is clear this reform is premature. A research group was established in Quebec and was given a two-year mandate to assess the effects of the YCJA seven years after it came into force. In two years, we should have factual and empirical data

Justice committee  I want to sincerely thank the members of the committee for the opportunity to appear a second time. The first time I appeared before you, I had three hats on, a researcher's, an educator's and a grandparent's. I will be reiterating the same core message this time around, so I wi

Justice committee  There is still an ideal objective. However, with the data I have provided, I can't evaluate the system as a whole. I think that would be the subject of a whole other very complex study. As a researcher, I can fantasize about our provincial or federal governments giving us these o

Justice committee  We have specific studies about programs. Excuse me.

Justice committee  The rehabilitation process is a process designed to do exactly that. To begin with, a young offender is so egocentric and primary in the way they function that the victim doesn't figure in their concerns, other than because they were arrested. So the rehabilitation process means

Justice committee  I think it is. What I would like to happen, as Mr. Charbonneau and I said, is that we give ourselves some time. Currently, there are procedures in place to evaluate the effects of the act. That should be one of the questions we ask, we have to look at various places, in the vario

Justice committee  I think it is much too precipitous and not appropriate because at present it is part of a reactive movement. It is important that we be able to step back and think about it. The YCJA has been enacted, efforts have been made to determine and evaluate the Act's effects, by doing re

Justice committee  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, committee members, Mr. Chair. I would like to thank you very much for inviting me to speak to you. Like every member of the public, when the media report a heinous crime, whether committed by a young person or an adult, my first reaction is