Justice committee  Thank you. In terms of the victims, as I think your members and other members of the committee are well aware, our organization and the Native Women's Association of Canada work with women who have been victimized as well as those who are criminalized. It's our experience that m

Justice committee  I think there are some other mechanisms. Certainly in the past we've seen probation and other options used. The reality is, though, that because conditional sentences have become so entrenched in our system, it's more likely to be a conditional sentence option in particularly the

Justice committee  No, I wouldn't agree with that. I think certainly there is a need for increased resources, and my experience with probation officers whom I've had the experience of working with is that the real concern has been the lack of resources to support these orders. For instance, we we

Justice committee  I'm the national director of the Elizabeth Fry Societies. I'm pleased to be here along with my vice-president Lucy Joncas, who is also chair of our social action committee. I want to start by apologizing for not being here earlier. We hadn't anticipated that the Minister of Publ