Justice committee  As I said earlier, only 2.7% of surcharges are actually collected. We hear that the criminals are poor, but so are the victims. If you have a victim who is poor, with nothing in the bank and no assistance, how will they bury their child? The problem is still there. There is no ma

Justice committee  In my view, it could represent another form of restitution if the criminal really cannot afford to pay the fine. There is always a way to make them work and to find the money elsewhere.

Justice committee  I would just like to add that Valérie Leblanc's family is also involved with the AFPAD.

Justice committee  “Help” is a big word. You can't put a price tag on help when you're talking about a crime or a child. It's not about the dollar figure. I can say I need $200,000, but when you become a victim, as I have, you are a victim for life. I was lucky that a trial took place. Because of a

Justice committee  I would say that funeral expenses pose the biggest problem in Quebec. What happened to me and to a number of families I have met is that we did not get any money, because the crime involved a minor child who had never made any contributions. So people in that situation don't get

Justice committee  That's a small concern for me. Currently, prisoners in penitentiaries work and are paid. Instead of paying them, the authorities would just have to use that money for the Victims Fund. If the surcharge is $400 and the prisoner is paid $10 an hour, the money they earn in 40 hours

Justice committee  My name is Bruno Serre, I am the Vice-President of the Association of Families of Persons Assassinated or Disappeared. I am also the father of Brigitte, who was assassinated in 2006, at the age of 17. I want to thank the members for inviting us to testify on this important bill,