Citizenship and Immigration committee  Perhaps I'll start, again highlighting the paper that did appear in Paediatrics & Child Health. Probably some of the most severe is the future suicidal ideation because of the consequences associated with sleep disturbances. Children experienced mutism—in other words, they lo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Mr. Chair, I've treated the children of murderers—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The answer would be, in terms of the general populace—what we haven't discussed, and that would be a whole other presentation—under what circumstances would they be released into the community so that their children could participate in those activities but not lose sight of the

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The answer to that is—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In fact, my answer may satisfy the—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I may satisfy your question. Those decisions about policy and what poses risk are made by our government. The mistake we made is that we separated the men from the women. We didn't provide for education. The circumstances at that time were suboptimal and they had an impact on th

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I leave that, in fact, to the elected decision-makers. We want to provide you with evidence. The same rationale was used to incarcerate the Japanese in World War II because they were a threat— we could lose the war because of this—and meaningful action was taken.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's not a metaphor. It's the fact that we put individuals in detention because there was a perceived—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, no, no, it—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The decisions about the risks and what steps to be taken have to be left to the elected officials sitting around this room. If you have to impose these conditions, and you believe there is a risk to the community, we're asking you to keep in mind how vulnerable children are and t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, I think this question has two parts to it. One is the detrimental effect of being kept in those circumstances, because being a child is a tremendous period when you are acquiring skills and developing. Your brain requires active play, engagement, socialization. It's a

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In responding to your question, I think what we want to do is bring a recognition that if you place children in settings that are essentially detention centres, you will traumatize them. They will not achieve their full potential as future Canadian citizens. In the sense that yo

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good day, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. I'm Dr. Richard Stanwick, a pediatrician and public health specialist. I also probably have a unique qualification in that I was dockside on August 13, 2010 with the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency for the arrival and

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. It's a bit of the same passion as the people in this room, but certainly not the same scale.