Public Safety committee  They are if it's—

Public Safety committee  Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Chair. I will focus in on the bill. In the proposed legislation, one of the things that will happen is that agreements under sections 81 and 84, which is how healing lodges and agreements with indigenous communities are negotiated—so not federal p

Public Safety committee  I'm not familiar with all the details of their concerns. I think the concerns with a lack of consultation are there. In our experience, there were two differing opinions from correctional officers when we were visiting the institutions with the humans rights committee. One was

Public Safety committee  No, he did not, nor did the Correctional Service of Canada.

Public Safety committee  Of course it's important to know. I think we actually do have some information on costs. The Parliamentary Budget Officer updated the 2010 figures that the former PBO came up with. From the costing they were able to find so far, we can see that the structured living environments

Public Safety committee  I would say that it could be. It would be going to the court if in fact you have a robust provision that says no segregation, so if, for some reason, the Correctional Service decides they have to do some kind of separation, they should have to establish that. Right now all that

Public Safety committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all of the committee for inviting me to appear. As someone who lives and has worked in this unceded Algonquin territory for now approximately 27 years, I want to say that the impact of colonization on our indigenous peoples is par

Public Safety committee  Thank you. To the earlier question about what we can be doing earlier when it's provincial and territorial jurisdiction, we have the ability to create national standards, which have largely been eviscerated over time. That's one thing. Also, when we're talking about indigenous

Public Safety committee  I would start by saying, first and foremost, that any connection you can make to the community from the beginning, the first day of a sentence.... If you can't prevent someone from ending up in prison, then starting the community connections from the first day is really important

Public Safety committee  I've tried this everywhere and I'll try it again here. I'd like to see us not call them “Gladue reports” anymore. Jamie Gladue never got the benefit of this provision, and in fact, that provision was used to hide the racism and misogyny that was visited on her. But that's another

Public Safety committee  It depends on where and when, and by whom, absolutely. Those are—

Public Safety committee  Yes, and who's involved with it. In communities where, in particular, to go back to Mr. Freeland's point, the elders have been consulted and have been really part of driving the initiatives within communities, whether it's justice initiatives, early childhood initiatives, or dr

Public Safety committee  It's not an original thought, I have to say. Louise Arbour came up with it after she looked at what happened at the Prison for Women in 1994, after a series of incidents resulted in her conducting an inquiry. She recommended that in situations where the treatment of a prisoner am

Public Safety committee  That is correct. Almost all of them are housed in segregation. A women's prison is multi-level so you actually have a super-max inside there. I would encourage this committee, if you haven't already decided to do so, to go to the prisons. As I'm sure all of you know, judges and

Public Safety committee  I would say, similarly, invite the LifeLine folks, too, to join you.