35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
EVIDENCE
on
JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
ORDER OF THE DAY:
Comprehensive review of the Young Offenders Act (Phase II), in particular, issues relating to youth crime, the youth justice system and the operation and implementation of the Young Offenders Act
WITNESSES:
Canadian Council of Defence Lawyers:
Bill Trudell, Chair.
Canadian Police Association:
Staff Sergeant Neil Jessop, President.
City of Edmonton Youth Council:
Leslie Church, Member.
CRY (Crime Responsibility and Youth):
Chuck Cadman, Co-Founder.
Edmonton City Centre Church Corporation:
Martin Garber-Conrad, Executive Director.
Harriet Tubman Community Organization:
Ken Jeffers, Consultant.
«Institut Philippe Pinel de Montréal»:
Cécile Toutant, Coordinator, Adolescent Unit.
John Howard House, Edmonton:
Janis Page, Manager.
John Howard Society of Canada:
Susan Reid-MacNevan, Vice-President, Issues.
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada:
Yude Henteleff, Honorary Solicitor.
Legal Aid Youth Office, Edmonton:
Jim Robb, Senior Counsel.
London Family Court Clinic:
Alan Leschied, Assistant Director.
Metis Nation:
Shannon Cumming, Counsel, Special Projects Coordinator.
Montreal Community Legal Centre:
Normand Bastien, Lawyer, Director, Youth Division.
National Crime Prevention Council:
Sandi Gleason, Member;
Joan Pennell, Chair, Youth Crime and Justice Committee.
Nova Scotia Youth Centre:
William Lonar, Acting Director, Young Offenders Institution; Former Superintendent.
Ontario Court, Provincial Division:
Hon. Justice Lynn King.
Probation Officers Association of Ontario:
Heather Kinnear, Director.
Provincial Court of British Columbia:
Hon. Justice Thomas Gove.
Queen's University:
Nicholas Bala, Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Law.
Sparwood Youth Assistance Program:
Staff Sergeant Jake Bouwman, Co-Founder.
Syl Apps Centre:
Ken Keeling, Chief Psychologist.
University of Toronto:
Anthony N. Doob, Department of Psychology, Centre of Criminology;
Michele Peterson-Badali, Professor, Institute of Child Study.
Vancouver Family Court Youth Justice Committee:
Liza Martz, Counsel.
Yukon Territorial Court Judge:
Hon. Justice Heino Lilles.