Harper: Training for judges on sexual assault law must include Indigenous component

The Senate will continue second reading this fall on Bill C-337, known as the Judicial Accountability through Sexual Assault Law Training Bill. The bill’s intent is to correct the overt deficiencies in the criminal justice system regarding sexual violence against women and girls.
Several cases have brought the extent of the issue to the forefront, most notably that of Alberta’s then-judge Robin Camp, who asked a sexual assault complainant why she could not just keep her “knees