Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2018-05-08 16:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. John Callaghan",
        "fr": "M. John Callaghan"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5421035\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'll hop in there before Professor Bala, who I know will have insightful comments as well. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5421036\" data-originallang=\"en\">The reality of the unified family court is that first, it's one-stop shopping. It allows for the litigant, self-represented or otherwise, to go to one court. Second, what has happened, and Professor Bala can probably speak in more detail, is that over the years a specialization has developed, and not just in the courtroom. They are providing family services, information sessions, and mediation. The long-term idea is to have a more holistic situation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5421037\" data-originallang=\"en\">Your underlying premise, of course, is that legal services are prohibitive to the average Canadian and that legal aid just doesn't reach it. Part of the challenge we're going to have, which is not going to be resolved in a day and which this will not solve, is to streamline family law services and make them more accessible and easier to deal with. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5421038\" data-originallang=\"en\">These are very contentious and emotional issues, and that goal may not be entirely possible in every case. It probably falls more to the provinces, though also the federal government, to think of innovative ways to address family law rather than work on the traditional model.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5421039\" data-originallang=\"en\">I suspect Professor Bala probably has more insightful comments.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5421035\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je r\u00e9ponds avant M<sup>e</sup> Bala qui, je le sais, fera aussi des observations perspicaces. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5421036\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le tribunal de la famille est en fait un guichet unique pour le plaideur, repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ou non. Ensuite, et M<sup>e</sup> Bala pourra peut-\u00eatre en parler plus en d\u00e9tail, la sp\u00e9cialisation a augment\u00e9 au fil des ans, et pas seulement dans le tribunal. On offre maintenant des services \u00e0 la famille, des s\u00e9ances d'information et la m\u00e9diation. L'id\u00e9e, \u00e0 long terme, est de s'occuper de tous les aspects d'une situation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5421037\" data-originallang=\"en\">Votre point de d\u00e9part, bien s\u00fbr, est que les co\u00fbts des services juridiques sont prohibitifs pour le Canadien moyen et que l'aide juridique est seulement un palliatif insuffisant. Une partie de la solution au probl\u00e8me qui se dessine, qui ne se r\u00e9sorbera pas du jour au lendemain et que le projet de loi ne r\u00e9soudra pas non plus, est de rationaliser les services du droit de la famille et de les rendre plus accessibles et plus souples.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5421038\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme les causes sont tr\u00e8s litigieuses et soul\u00e8vent beaucoup d'\u00e9motions, cet objectif risque de ne pas toujours \u00eatre tout \u00e0 fait atteignable. Il incombe peut-\u00eatre davantage aux provinces, mais \u00e7a vaut aussi pour le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, d'innover en droit de la famille, au lieu de coller au mod\u00e8le traditionnel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5421039\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je soup\u00e7onne M<sup>e</sup> Bala de nous r\u00e9server des remarques plus perspicaces.</p>"
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    "url": "/committees/finance/42-1/153/john-callaghan-2/",
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