Anne-Marie
Appearances
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
I mean, I think it's just bullshit, honestly. That's Anne-Marie. I thought I had a good understanding of Canada's history and laws. And I'm really shocked by this. And I'm just shocked at the unequal treatment between men and women. So what does it say? Does it mean that any female above the age of 14 who was abused by their teacher prior to 1988 has no legal recourse? Is that what they're saying?
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
Whereas if you were a male, then there is a route for legal recourse. I just find that unacceptable. Anne-Marie doesn't think prosecutors are doing their jobs. And I think there's possibilities there, but they're just not looking at this holistically enough and not really trying to dig into it. And I don't understand why.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
I'm not sure if I hadn't talked to him, I'd be here now and we would have uncovered so much because he was so encouraging. And he made me understand.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
I heard about this program. I don't remember where, probably on the radio or the newspaper. And so I wanted to go talk to someone.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
What's great about this program is the lawyers that give you advice, they can't represent you in a civil case and they cannot represent you in a criminal case. So you can feel like they can really give you the goods on how things work. The lawyer she saw was Blair Crew.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
the charge of gross indecency, I've noticed that it's commonly used where you have, in historic cases going way back to the 60s and 70s even, where you have a male teacher who's assaulted a male student. And whereas when it's a female, They're not using that charge. And so I know that the origins of that charge, gross indecency, is loaded with what I would consider negative homophobic reasons.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
But notwithstanding that, the charge is there. It's available. So why can't we use it now for assaults on girls?
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
I can't imagine anyone can't come to the conclusion that what happened to us wasn't grossly indecent. So if they can't apply it equally, then I think it's just full of misogynistic attitudes and homophobia and all the things that have been talked about before.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
Yeah. I think this has to be reconciled. I think this has to be heard. And this is the only system that we have. I mean, I think governments... should also be looking at another way where victims and their abusers can get together and have these discussions. But right now, this is all we have.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
We don't have the same tools the police have so if we could find 12 plus victims why couldn't the police have found them? They just didn't look and that's not acceptable to me. All I got from that experience was they don't care.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
Okay, that's all my questions. Thank you.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
When I say I don't want this to happen again, it's because I want 100% accountability. There's thousands of victims, I suspect, of teacher assault in Canada. And then they have to care about the future and the existing students and put in much better systems in education.
Sea of Lies from Uncover
S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher
I want to see the closet at the back where he sexually assaulted me in the classroom.