Justice committee  The role that Parliament can play is making sure that the appointment process appoints not only legally competent lawyers but also suitable lawyers, lawyers who have a [Technical difficulty--Editor] character as well as the social awareness to be able to act as judges, to reflect

Justice committee  I don't have any comments on that point. We don't work directly with victims on sexual assaults and issues like that. We are usually advocating on the general issues that occur in the black community. I wouldn't have anything to add to that.

Justice committee  Thank you so much, and thank you to the committee for inviting us. The intent behind the bill is laudable, and we support the general approach considering the social context surrounding sexual assault in judicial training and education. We have a couple of concerns that we wo

Justice committee  Thank you for inviting CABL to speak on this matter. We appreciate the opportunity to do so. From CABL’s perspective and the communities we represent, the intention behind Bill C-5 is laudable. We think the idea of educating the judiciary on taking the social context into accoun