{"id":12558,"date":"2020-03-27T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T19:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/?p=12558"},"modified":"2020-10-24T16:57:33","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T20:57:33","slug":"billc5","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/billc5\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAF appears before Standing Committee to discuss Bill C-5 on judicial education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BillC5-Committee-Post-Twitter-620x310.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BillC5-Committee-Post-Twitter-620x310.png 620w, https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BillC5-Committee-Post-Twitter-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BillC5-Committee-Post-Twitter.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 12, 2020, LEAF Staff Lawyer Rosel Kim appeared before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ourcommons.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/43-1\/JUST\/meeting-5\/notice\">Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights<\/a> to speak about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.parl.ca\/DocumentViewer\/en\/43-1\/bill\/C-5\/first-reading\">Bill C-5, An Act to amend the <em>Judges Act<\/em> and the <em>Criminal Code<\/em><\/a>. This Bill would require potential judges to promise to complete continuing education on sexual assault law and social context. It would also require judges to provide reasons for their decisions in sexual assault trials, which would need to be recorded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LEAF\u2019s submissions highlighted the need for training for judges on sexual assault law, to combat harmful myths and stereotypes about sexual assault complainants and to ensure that judges are able to properly apply this complex area of law. For this reason, LEAF generally supports the Bill in its current version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, to be effective, the Bill must clarify certain points. LEAF\u2019s suggestions included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Defining \u201csocial context\u201d as factors contributing to inequality in Canadian society, including colonialism, systemic racism, ableism, homophobia, and transphobia;<\/li><li>Ensuring that training materials are developed in consultation with sexual assault survivors who reflect the diversity of people in Canadian society, and with lived experience of oppression; and<\/li><li>Ensuring that training materials include the impact of trauma on a complainant\u2019s memory, demeanour and well-being.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Our submissions also suggested that where judges read an oral decision into the record and do not provide written reasons, the transcript of the decision should be made available on publicly accessible domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details, please see LEAF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-03-23-FINAL-LEAF-Written-Submissions-re-Bill-C-5-.pdf\">written brief<\/a> to the Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) works to advance the substantive equality rights of women and girls through litigation, law reform, and public education. Since 1985, we have intervened in landmark cases that have advanced equality in Canada\u2014helping to prevent violence, eliminate discrimination in the workplace, provide better maternity benefits, ensure a right to pay equity, and allow access to reproductive freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>For media inquiries, contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rosel Kim, Staff Lawyer<\/strong><br><strong>Women\u2019s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)<\/strong><br>T: 416 595 7170 ext 2003<br>E:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:r.kim@leaf.ca\">r.kim@leaf.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[186,25,95,97,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12558","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-equality-law","category-featured","category-sexual-assault","category-violence-against-women-cases","category-whats-new"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LEAF appears before Standing Committee to discuss Bill C-5 on judicial education - LEAF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaf.ca\/fr\/news\/billc5\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"LEAF appears before Standing Committee to discuss Bill C-5 on judicial education - LEAF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On March 12, 2020, LEAF Staff Lawyer Rosel Kim appeared before the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to speak about Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Judges Act and the Criminal Code. 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