Justice committee  Well, I'm not the politician, but I certainly watch what goes on in other countries. What I've heard from the current government is that they want to champion victim rights. My assumption is that this is one step and that they will in fact look at what they can do to bring preven

Justice committee  Okay. The most spectacular example anywhere in the world in terms of crime reduction is a Winnipeg example with an 85% reduction in car theft. The past president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police is going to be in charge, probably, of victim issues, since he's now

Justice committee  I'd just like to comment that, when you look at the reporting rate by victims to the police, 40% of victims in Quebec report to police, compared to 30% in Ontario. This is, in my view, the direct result of the Quebec government's deciding to use public servants to deliver victim

Justice committee  I'm the president of the International Organization for Victim Assistance. I have been working to get services and rights for victims for some 40 years and I have recognition in the United States and a number of other countries for my work. I've recently done a book, which actual

Public Safety committee  I would say that you need to modify the Criminal Code along the lines of the best jurisdiction in the United States, which is probably the Justice for All Act. The second thing, which I'll limit to the federal role, is to change the RCMP Act to make sure that every victim who r

Public Safety committee  I'm going to give you a third thing. I would bring the provinces together. I would tell them that these are joint areas and that you, federally, are going to do your job in the Criminal Code and the Youth Criminal Justice Act and are going to change the RCMP Act but that the mo

Public Safety committee  It may be every two years, but it is done regularly

Public Safety committee  It is every five years.

Public Safety committee  It is done every year.

Public Safety committee  And they're much more sophisticated than ours.

Public Safety committee  The national crime victimization survey in the U.S. started in 1972, so you have a very long period. The British crime survey started being done every year in the late 1980s. The British release their crime survey and their police data together. This avoids a huge amount of confu

Public Safety committee  Adult victims.

Public Safety committee  In Canada.

Public Safety committee  A year.

Public Safety committee  Well, maybe I can just clarify. What they do is look at the number of victims in a year and then look at the harm for those victims, the loss of quality of life over their lives.