This decision cannot be made until the police investigation is completed. For those of you who returned your consent form, you should be receiving your first call within the next few months from the Provincial Coordinator in your province. For those of you who have not forwarded your consent form, you may still do so. Please inform the BTF in writing if you no longer wish to receive calls from the Provincial Coordinator. If you haven't sent a picture yet, please consider doing so.
Pictures really help to 'humanize' the program.
In a previous newsletter we spoke of the difference between civil and criminal proceedings. In this newsletter, the following topics will be addressed. This ensures that justice is not only done, but seen to be done. The freedom of the media to cover court proceedings has been recognized by the Supreme Court of Canada, and the courts must be hesitant to limit public scrutiny. In cases involving young offenders, sexual assault allegations or extortion, the name of the accused, the complainant, or in some cases the witness, can be the subject matter of a prohibition.