Justice committee  I think the criminals, or the offender, should be held accountable for their wrongdoing to the extent to which the measure of accountability can be applied to make the lives of victims easier or better through restitution, provision of services for victims, or participating in re

Justice committee  Well, I mean, you can get into—

Justice committee  Pardon me?

Justice committee  Restitution is also if I steal your diamond ring and I have it in my hand, I should give it back to you, right?

Justice committee  Well, we can look at the definitions—

Justice committee  We can get into a legal—

Justice committee  Thank you very much. It's a great pleasure to be here today to talk to you about Bill C-54. I'm speaking on behalf of the John Howard Society of Canada, which is a community-based charity committed to supporting effective, just, and humane responses to the causes and consequenc

Justice committee  The John Howard Society was not consulted. It's important for you to have a variety of voices offering different perspectives to give you an opportunity to make adjustments and improve the quality of the legislative framework that you're dealing with.

Justice committee  The evidence I've seen is the review boards are pretty good at determining whether somebody constitutes an ongoing risk, and if they do, they don't release them. The perpetrator in Lori's offence would be a good example of that. I think it's also important, though, to be able t

Justice committee  Yes, and I think I know where you're going with this, which is up to three years.

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  I'm saying that they will likely have more people there for extended periods of time and therefore more pressure on them to do reviews.

Justice committee  Right.

Justice committee  I'd be very interested to know who the provincial governments consulted with if they perceive that they're carrying the entire mental health input with them to this particular forum and comments and bringing it to this particular bill. The attorneys general.... You'd probably wan

Justice committee  Right.