Justice committee  In fact, in our letter about Bill C-25, we referred to various studies that confirmed that the effect was completely minimal.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes, yes.

Justice committee  No, no, but it removes something.

Justice committee  It is said that the measures taken against a young person must aim for rehabilitation. However, that aspect has been left out completely in the amendment.

Justice committee  No priority is being given to it now.

Justice committee  That is what we're afraid of.

Justice committee  That's right.

Justice committee  Clause 7 of the bill adds a paragraph to subsection 38(2) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act stating that the objectives of the sentence may be "to denounce unlawful conduct" or "to deter the young person from committing offences". We would note that subsection 38(2) establishes t

Justice committee  Good morning. Thank you for your invitation. With me is Dominique Trahan, a lawyer for 30 years and the director of the youth section of the Centre communautaire de Montréal, and Carole Gladu, a lawyer for 18 years and director of the youth and criminal section of the Centre co

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Those amendments not only maintained the existing rights of a class of persons, they in fact improved their status as of April 17, 1985 relative to their status under the previous version of the act. In so doing, the 1985 amendments increased the disadvantage for the applicants,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon. Thank you. My name is Nicole Dufour. I am the secretary of the aboriginal law committee of the Barreau du Québec. First,I would like to apologize for the absence of the president, who unfortunately could not get away to be with us. I'm going to make the general

Justice committee  At the risk of repeating myself, I have to say I agree with Mr. Bourque that this bill has the merit of clarifying the situation upstream and avoiding legal debates that can at times be long, laborious and costly. This is something that is very important for the proper administra

Justice committee  Having examined those provisions, we believe that you have essentially reproduced the tests laid out in the case law of the highest court of the land. They are perfectly consistent.

Justice committee  Are you talking about the court's current reasons?