Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I do. It can prevent many people from becoming victims. It can be a threat to those potential criminals who could otherwise commit this crime if this legislation were not there. It will definitely create fear in their minds. For those potential criminals who are not that st

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's a very important step. I find that even 16 is too young an age. It should be 18.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I do agree. I believe that individual rights come under gender equality. We should call a spade a spade. I just wanted to say that the name “barbaric cultural practices” is very appropriate even if it happens to one child, one girl, or one person. It is barbaric. It is even more

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is very important. As I've said, communities take this for granted. They should understand what Canadian values are. Canadian values are actually to respect every individual's rights and freedoms. Every immigrant should know these Canadian values before immigrating.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You mean, in this bill. Is that right? Before they go to get a certificate to get married, there can be something like this, where they have to appear in front of some authority. That is my suggestion. There could be something where they have to appear in front of authorities be

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It does, because if we look into these communities, we don't find this given the family pressures and everything. We don't see them having free will to consent to the marriage. There are family pressures and controls. If we added this phrase, it could warn those families and peop

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The community has the same handicaps as the individual family. This is the worst hang-up, in that the community does not stand up for others. They are even afraid. It's a very complex mindset. They see that there is a crime and there are people who condemn this, but they don't wa

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They will definitely take advantage of this bill. That's a good tool, a first step towards this area of honour killing, but they need training to know what the mindset is of this community and how they can deal with them, because there are very complicated details of their mindse

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and honourable members of the Standing Committee. Thank you for inviting me to be present today to speak to this important piece of legislation. My name is Arooj Shahida. I am a local Toronto radio host and producer of a South Asian-centred radio show ca