Public Safety committee  Are you asking me that question?

Public Safety committee  Do you mean within the 7th Step organization or generally speaking?

Public Safety committee  Okay. Particularly within our organization, because we've dealt with a lot of people with violent pasts who have killed other people.... In a lot of cases, though, the circumstances were different, because they didn't involve intimate partner violence. I can't say that we've had

Public Safety committee  I would say that we're not the only exception to the rule, but we certainly are one way of reaching people who have not responded to the standard rehabilitation programs that are there. Part of that is our self-help base, in that people who feel they can't connect with other orga

Public Safety committee  Well, if he had passed the test and been able to join the group.... First of all, it would have been an assessment by the group if he was sincere and actually had faced his problems. We certainly have had other people with psychological issues, people whom the group has actuall

Public Safety committee  I think the biggest impact is restoring some self-esteem. Some of you may have seen that I appeared in front of a standing committee back in 2010, before the pardons act was dismantled, which was a big disappointment to me. I won't take that platform here today, because we're her

Public Safety committee  We try to distribute information in the institutions and through other community organizations. For example, I mentioned earlier that I sit on the board of the National Associations Active in Criminal Justice, which includes all the criminal justice community organizations. I men

Public Safety committee  Thank you.

Public Safety committee  As I mentioned before—and somebody else commented on it—a case like this, especially a case of intimate partner violence, is somewhat unique, at least among the people I've been involved with who have committed murder. I think there has to be a very intensive psychological assess

Public Safety committee  An additional investigation wouldn't hurt. I'm not sure that I have a specific answer as to what that should consist of, but I know that if it's a high-risk situation, revisiting it.... After all of this information is collected and recommendations are made, I would go back and s

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry. I got lost in the process. Could you quickly repeat your question, please?

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry.

Public Safety committee  Primarily, I think because we're a volunteer-based organization, we do get some support funding from Public Safety for volunteer development. To answer your question, though, in fact we are in the process of starting a chapter in Montreal, so that will be changing fairly soon. O

Public Safety committee  Yes. First of all, it is voluntary. In fact, the groups are self-selecting. Unlike AA, for a person to become a member in a 7th Step group, they actually have to be accepted and voted in unanimously by the members in the group, because it's essentially based on trust and commitme

Public Safety committee  Yes. I think you'd have to pose that question to current Parole Board members, but in the past, yes. We have written letters of support. We've had feedback from Parole Board members. In my experience.... As I mentioned, I've been involved in the criminal justice system on the out