Justice committee  Absolutely. I remember a particular case about five years ago. A few weeks after a man was arrested for sexual assault, the victim found herself face to face with the suspect in the same neighbourhood. Is it normal in our society, with a goal of reintegration, to allow suspects

Justice committee  Care must be taken to not lump everyone together. For some types of crime against property, such as break and enter, a scale could be established, giving a conditional sentence for a first or second offence. This could be realistic or possible if we want to give people a chance.

Justice committee  I'll speak about the victims who we've met, particularly fathers who've lost a child—

Justice committee  Thank you for your question. I'll come back to the basics. Street gang members already enjoy impunity in the current system. Minimum sentences exist and will be maintained for several types of crimes. Currently, these people enjoy impunity on social media. When we dig a bit, we

Justice committee  As I mentioned in my opening remarks, we have created a citizens group that includes people from diverse backgrounds. Ms. Murielle Chatelier wrote a letter to parliamentarians, which I invite you to read. It is co‑signed by people from diverse backgrounds. When residents and vic

Justice committee  I'll comment quickly, Mr. Moore. We know full well that organized crime has the upper hand in terms of narcotics. Various intermediaries are involved before those products reach the street. They live off and depend on crime. They don't care that the health of hundreds of thousan

Justice committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Moore. At this time, most shootings in major Canadian cities are committed by street gang members, who are fairly young. Some gang members give small contracts to younger members to intimidate people, threaten them and so forth. We can see that i

Justice committee  In conclusion, Parliament must better protect victims, who are overrepresented in racialized communities. In Canada, victims should have rights and freedoms, such as the right to life, the right to health and the right to safety, which take precedence over the rights of suspects.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm one of the founding members of the CCACV, the Communauté de citoyens et de citoyennes en action contre les criminels violents. You've already heard from two of our other members, Mr. André Gélinas and Ms. Anie Samson. On January 26, 2022, the CCACV pro