Status of Women committee  We're recommending serious caution about implementing that part of the bill, and potentially just striking it out. It's our view that the Criminal Code actually already provides judges with the tools they need in this area. The problem is not that they don't have the tools; it's

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the questions. I don't have anything to add to what Pam Cross has said and what I've already said regarding content. I had already mentioned—

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. It's really everything you just said. The problem is that there are these myths and stereotypes. I'll just be speaking from a great piece written by Deanne Sowter and Jennifer Koshan. They would just say that the ideas that women make allegations o

Status of Women committee  I'll say that it already is an option for judges now, so the guardrails are already in place in a way, in not requiring judges to consider it, which might make it just a matter of routine recommendation.

Status of Women committee  I am not aware of the inputs into the sexual abuse training. I know, though, what that is in the Judges Act. It was put into the Judges Act that development of the training should be done in consultation. In particular, I believe the Judges Act mentions consultation with indigeno

Status of Women committee  Yes, there is for sexual assault law.

Status of Women committee  Judges often sit on a case relating to a matter that isn't their speciality because judges hear a wide variety of cases. Often somebody who had been a real estate lawyer before they became a judge is all of a sudden hearing a family law case. This is a very common thing. It's why

Status of Women committee  Yes, absolutely. In my remarks, we already recommended that social context be added in order to be accounting for these systemic inequalities. We also think it's important, when consulting with survivors and organizations, that this reflect the diversity of people in Canadian so

Status of Women committee  Sure. Thank you very much for the question. The standard way that bail works is that bail is supposed to be issued without conditions unless otherwise required. It's up to the Attorney General to oppose bail and to oppose judicial interim release. It's up to the Attorney General

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the question. Right now, the bill is worded to ensure gender equality, I believe. I think it's important to understand the reality that women and children are those most harmed and affected by family violence. While of course they are not the only people

Status of Women committee  Yes, precisely, it would.

Status of Women committee  It would be “matters of sexual assault law and intimate partner violence and coercive control, all of which includes social context, including systemic racism and discrimination.”

Status of Women committee  Exactly.

Status of Women committee  I think that clarification is already present. Right now, it is being considered for more offences than just against an intimate partner. Our concern is that, if wearing a device becomes a routine condition of bail in any circumstance, including IPV, those who can afford the devi

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon. My name is Cee Strauss. I'm a staff lawyer at the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, LEAF. I'm grateful for the opportunity to appear today from the unceded lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg peoples in the place that is now c