Briefs

Briefs

April 29 – Read the CRCVC’s brief to the Senate Committee studying Bill S-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (Protecting Victims of Sex Offenders Act).

March 16 – The CRCVC appeared today before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to take part in the debate over Bill C-464, (An Act to amend the Criminal Code (justification for detention in custody).

May 7 – CRCVC, Ontario’s Missing Adults and Victims of Violence appear before the Senate Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on the Statutory Review of the DNA Identification Act.

August 15 – CRCVC proposes changes to strengthen the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

June 12 – Brief to the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics re: the Privacy Act review

February 25 – CRCVC brief to the Senate Committee examining Bill C-2, the Tackling Violent Crime Act

January 31 – The CRCVC submitted our final submission to the Commission of Inquiry into the Bombing of Air India Flight 182.

October 10, 2007 — The CRCVC was pleased to participate in the Customer Name and Address (CNA) Consultations held by Public Safety Canada. However, after making our presentation, we were appauled and disgusted to hear the continued problems facing Canadian law enforcement when attempting to access basic CNA information (non-sensitive biographical information about a subscriber) from Canadian Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

5 October 2007 — The CRCVC participated in the consultation process to establish a single service delivery network for victims of abuse, which would replace the current ad hoc New Identities for Victims of Abuse (NIVA) process. We made several recommendations and look forward to the implementation of the new program. If you would like to receive a copy of the consultation paper we submitted, please email the office.

June – Brief to the Correctional Service of Canada Review Panel

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