Public Safety committee  I'm still perplexed by how it will actually be carried out.

Public Safety committee  It depends how you're defining vexatious—

Public Safety committee  No, it really does. I can't answer it unless you're telling me how you're defining vexatious.

Public Safety committee  I think all those are positive.

Public Safety committee  I don't know the 20, and I would assume not. I would assume, as I mentioned before, that some of them are acting on behalf of inmates who are less capable of filling out grievances and raising them. I would think some of them are suffering from paranoia.

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  Again, I'm caught up with the definition and who makes the determination.

Public Safety committee  But what if his ice cream was always coming in a melted form? What if his desserts were always...? First of all, they don't get desserts any more.

Public Safety committee  I'm more comfortable with a complaint being seen as vexatious than with the person who's making the complaint being designated as vexatious.

Public Safety committee  Certainly the Ontario ombudsman, who has seen.... Ontario prisons have seen an increase in population base, in many cases. Over the last 18 months or so, he has seen a significant increase in complaints about violence against inmates, either by other inmates or by guards. He is d

Justice committee  Thank you very much. It's great to be back before the committee. As you know, the John Howard Society of Canada is a community-based charity that has a mission to support effective, just, and humane responses to the causes and consequences of crime. We're very pleased to speak

Justice committee  I absolutely agree that there is much benefit in restorative justice, alternative approaches, and some of the community-based sentencing alternatives. Certainly the mandatory minimum penalties, where your first penalty will be a fine, is probably an approach which does not lend i

Justice committee  Certainly, Parliament is able to do what it wishes because much of this is a value statement. The principle, or the way that criminal law has evolved, preferred criminal law, is to have it more principle-driven so that lots of things fit into the same category. I have no difficul

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  One offence, one rather large maximum penalty, with aggravating and mitigating factors you would want the judge to look at in order that the seriousness of the behaviour could attract a penalty proportionate to the nature of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the off