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Justice committee  No. To be really blunt, no. The ripple through the community is the same. If somebody's home is vandalized and that's a member of our community, we all wonder who's next. We also wonder if that person is going to get caught, because most often they aren't. If they are caught, w

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  If you recall, after the Pulse nightclub incident, that was one of the conversations in our community. This was a space where people assumed they would be safe, and somebody else came in and took that safety away. With all of the spaces, safety is so important for all the ident

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  Certainly, I said earlier that I'm not sure that the word needs to be there. I think it limits the opportunity to use this bill more effectively. Some places are only used occasionally.... As Kris was talking, I was thinking about the straight-owned business that is an ally of th

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  We receive no federal funding.

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  I think the only thing I would add is that there is an opportunity for imposing a harsher sentence if hate is seen as the motivating factor, but that doesn't happen very often, even when hate is known to be a motivating factor. I think that's a problem, because then we don't know

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  I think it's really clear that, when people can see themselves in legislation, they're more likely to feel empowered. Most queer and trans people don't report hate crimes, hate incidents, or incidents of bias that happen in the community because they don't think anybody will list

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  I think so. In reading it, I wondered if it needed to be in there at all. I think that if a crime of mischief happens and there were an identifiable group in there that's been targeted, then it shouldn't matter whether its the primary use or not.

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  One could only hope that hate would be stopped by deterrence, but it most often isn't. I believe that it certainly puts a message out there. People who perhaps could be swayed, may be swayed because it's there. Unfortunately, though, I don't believe most hate is swayed by legisla

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  It addresses some of them, certainly. I'm not sure that it would clearly identify some of the issues the LGBTQ community might experience in terms of mischief. A lot of mischief crimes would happen in personal residences and against personal property. It certainly would happen in

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson

Justice committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today, and for having us here to discuss this important bill. I want to begin by saying that I don't usually spend my time parsing out bills and exploring in depth that kind of work in building policy. I work in a community centre.

February 21st, 2017Committee meeting

Mickey Wilson