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{
"time": "2011-01-31 16:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Alexandra Mendes (Brossard\u2014La Prairie, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2304820\" data-originallang=\"en\">I just have one comment, Mr. Chair, and I'll pass on to my colleague Mr. Lee.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2304821\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'm wondering if any of you are aware of the book <em>The Kindness of Strangers</em>. Have you read it or have you heard of it? I definitely recommend it. It's one of the most disturbing books written on child pornography and child abuse by parents, and the recommendations thereof, and how it looks at the whole problem of abuse by family members or people the children know.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2304822\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think one of the biggest recommendations in that book is how the schools are and should be the best place to detect how children are being abused and to denounce it. We put a lot of emphasis on what the police have to do in terms of investigations, but often the front-line detectives in terms of what kids are going through will be the teachers. They would be the best ones and the most appropriate ones to start providing information on what's happening to the children and eventually get them to be sentenced and taken out.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2304823\" data-originallang=\"en\">That's my comment, and I will pass on to Mr. Lee.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2304820\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aurais juste un commentaire \u00e0 formuler, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, et je c\u00e9derai ensuite la parole \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue, M. Lee.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2304821\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me demande si quelqu'un ici a entendu parler du livre<em>The Kindness of Strangers</em>. Vous l'avez lu? Je vous le recommande fortement. C'est un livre tr\u00e8s troublant sur la pornographie infantile et la violence faite aux enfants par des membres de leurs familles. En plus de faire des recommandations, l'auteure se penche sur le probl\u00e8me de la violence faite aux enfants par un membre de leurs familles ou des gens qu'ils connaissent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2304822\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un des points soulev\u00e9s par l'auteure, c'est que les \u00e9coles sont le meilleur endroit pour d\u00e9celer quels enfants sont victimes de violence pour ensuite d\u00e9noncer leurs agresseurs. On parle beaucoup du travail des policiers qui enqu\u00eatent sur ces cas, mais bien souvent, les meilleurs d\u00e9tectives dans de pareilles situations, ce sont les enseignants. Ils sont les mieux plac\u00e9s pour fournir des renseignements sur les enfants et contribuer \u00e0 l'arrestation et l'incarc\u00e9ration des agresseurs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2304823\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est ce que j'avais \u00e0 dire sur le sujet. Je vais maintenant c\u00e9der la parole \u00e0 M. Lee.</p>"
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