Public Safety committee  The Gladue factors are very poorly understood inside. I've seen reports listing that an indigenous woman was removed from her home as an infant and placed with a Caucasian family so there were no factors to consider for her in terms of indigenous social history. That's how poorly

Public Safety committee  Yes. We did offer a pilot project to CSC to assist in that regard, the idea being that we would form a committee of members from E. Fry and formerly incarcerated women and the likes to intervene ahead of issues coming up. This is what I was talking about in terms of dynamic secur

Public Safety committee  Yes, definitely. You're speaking for the men's system. I won't speak for the men's system because I don't go into the men's prisons and I don't have that experience. The idea of the committee was to intervene ahead of time and to come up with alternatives to prevent the use of

Public Safety committee  What we often see with women is that they're placed in segregation under mental health watch, moderate observation or high-moderate watch. It's a form of mental health observation in which they're monitored by cameras in case they self-harm.

Public Safety committee  Yes, it happens on the men's side as well. This clinical seclusion could be “other reasons”. It doesn't exist in legislation, but it does in their policies.

Public Safety committee  Exactly. That's a huge problem.

Public Safety committee  I would just concur with what Ms. Latimer said. If opportunities are provided, then that is the end of the story if a woman doesn't take that opportunity at that moment, and she may not get another that day. Often the minimum of two hours out is not followed currently.

Public Safety committee  I'm sorry to interrupt. I just want to say that I can't speak to the men's side of things, but on the women's side of things, I would say that it could be eliminated completely. In our experience, when women are dealt with in legal and respectful ways, situations can be de-escala

Public Safety committee  Yes. I think we shouldn't be investing in CSC, especially in terms of building mental health centres within the prison. It's not a place where mental health, mental disability or trauma can be addressed in any meaningful way. For a number of these cases, we're talking about priso

Public Safety committee  Yes. In fact, it costs over $200,000 a year to incarcerate one woman, and that's in the general population. In a structured living environment, which is maybe more akin to these structured intervention units, it's upwards of $400,000 a year for one woman. It's very expensive to i

Public Safety committee  Thank you. I want to start by acknowledging that we are on the unceded territory of the Algonquin people. As stated, I am the director of advocacy and legal issues with the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. We are an umbrella organization composed of 24 Elizabeth

Justice committee  I don't think the bill goes far enough. I don't think it's actually going to lead to any material change for the people it is seeking to change—

Justice committee  Without some of those features built in around consent and relevance, it's limited. I also think that once that information is obtained, there's a gross misunderstanding of how to use the information to push for alternatives, say, to incarceration where those are appropriate. We

Justice committee  I would have to say that I would not vote in favour of it.

Justice committee  I appreciate that, but I think it's still important to provide the context within which this bill is going to operate.