Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I too am an Indigenous woman of the Northwest Territories and have grown up here my entire life and have known of many other women, and even when I was younger, young girls who were being, you know, sexually -- had sexual violence against them, and the majority of the time the perpetrators were intoxicated. So my concern is with this defence, you know, and now that it's gone through the Supreme Court of Canada as possibly could affect, this could come out -- I mean, we will have defence lawyers that may try to use it if there are, so that's why I'm raising it here. And so I want to know how will the Department of Justice ensure that self-induced extreme intoxication defence will not be used to perpetuate gender-based violence against women in the Northwest Territories. We are already higher than -- the second highest in Canada. Thank you.
Lesa Semmler on Oral Question 1114-19(2): Sexual Violence
In the Legislative Assembly on May 31st, 2022. See this statement in context.
Oral Question 1114-19(2): Sexual Violence
Oral Questions
May 31st, 2022
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