The first organ recipient letter came a few months ago. It was from a man in his 30’s who, thanks to Rehtaeh’s gift, will be able to watch his two year old daughter grow up. Rehtaeh’s mother has actually been in touch with him and they are hoping to meet someday. It was a beautifully […]
It was a pleasure to speak with Ottawa’s Julie Lalonde yesterday on her CHUO show The Third Wave. Julie has a blog post on sexual violence that briefly mentions Rehtaeh. The response she got from a “jimmy j” is simply disgusting. No surprise that person is the same one who wrote filth about Rehtaeh on […]
It was hard for us to believe. The sharing of a humiliating image of our daughter Rehtaeh, taken without her knowledge, was not a police matter. We were told it was a community issue, not a legal one. A ‘community issue’ is lingo for there’s nothing you can do about it and/or it’s to big […]
Welcome news this morning. [box type=”shadow” align=”alignleft” width=”600″ ]OTTAWA – The federal government is poised to announce new legislation Wednesday that will make it a crime to distribute intimate images without the consent of the person in those pictures. Justice Minister Peter MacKay and Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney are set to announce the details […]
I am very proud to know many of the people working tirelessly at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection and honoured that to call them friends. [box type=”shadow” align=”aligncenter” ]TORONTO – At least 386 children have been rescued from sexual exploitation and hundreds of suspects arrested in a sweeping child pornography investigation that began with […]
