Justice committee  That's correct. The issue is the word “object”, in both section 151 and section 153, because you need to interpret the dog as an object, which isn't really consistent with the way the law is evolving. Then, there are issues with some of the other provisions, such as corrupting

Justice committee  Thank you, Lianna. Thank you, Mr. Chairperson and distinguished members of the committee, for the opportunity to speak today. Immediately following the D.L.W. decision, our agency undertook legal research to learn more about the cases involving bestiality that have been through

Justice committee  Thank you. Good morning.

Justice committee  Thank you. In terms of that, there's a couple of things I'd like to note. For one thing, in terms of the statistics showing increased offences against children, I think it's important to keep in mind that this is an increase in reported crimes against children, so these are the

Justice committee  Mr. Chairperson and distinguished members of this committee, thank you very much for giving our agency the opportunity to provide a presentation on Bill C-26. My name is Monique St. Germain, and I am representing the Canadian Centre for Child Protection, a registered charity pro

Justice committee  I can.

Justice committee  Yes, I can send that case law to you.

Justice committee  Absolutely.

Justice committee  I would like to say that there is definitely a history to these provisions. They were brought in specifically to help ensure that testimony could come forward. What we like about this bill is that the test is being tweaked and being made a little bit easier in some cases. We like

Justice committee  I agree with you. This is a clause that is definitely not going to be applied all of the time. There are a few things that we would like to highlight about this clause. One of them is that this clause is a discretionary provision. It is going to require the judge to take into acc

Justice committee  The recklessness standard, when it's interpreted in a criminal context, involves a subjective element. The person who commits the offence has to actually recognize that there's a risk in what they're doing, which is a little bit different from just being careless. That's a much l

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  We would also like to express some thoughts on a few of the criticisms that are being brought forward about this bill. First, some are expressing concern that the bill will negatively impact youth and result in many more instances of youth being charged and jailed. As an organiz