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Sex Offender Facing Charges Over B.C. Teen Deaths

First Posted: 12/15/2011 4:12 pm EST Updated: 02/22/2013 4:39 pm EST

Convicted sex offender Martin Tremblay was formally charged in relation to the deaths of teenagers Kayla Lalonde and Martha Jackson in a Vancouver court on Thursday.


Tremblay, 45 has been charged with two counts of criminal negligence causing death, two counts of failing to provide the necessities of life and two counts of obstruction of justice.


Lalonde, 16 was found dead on a Burnaby street on March 2, 2010 after witnesses said she had been dumped from a van.


Jackson, 17 died hours later after being rushed by ambulance from Tremblay's Richmond home, where the girls had been partying.


Toxicology results indicated that the apparent cause of death for both girls was a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs.


The ensuing investigation into the friends' deaths involved up to 100 police officers and close cooperation between the RCMP and Vancouver Police Department.


Previous convictions


Tremblay was previously convicted of five counts of sexual assault in 2002 and sentenced to 14 months. He was found guilty of giving drugs and alcohol to five aboriginal teenage girls and then videotaping his sex acts with them after they passed out.


In February 2010, Vancouver police took the extraordinary step of issuing a public plea for victims of Tremblay, after a protest on the Downtown Eastside by First Nations women who were concerned about Tremblay's upcoming release from custody.


In September of this year, police announced he was facing seven new charges for sexual assaults on young vulnerable women and girls.


Tremblay is in custody and scheduled to appear in court for a bail hearing on Jan. 23, 2012.


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Donna Meness
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12:39 AM on 12/16/2011
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Colonization

Colonization refers to that process of encroachment and subsequent subjugation of Aboriginal peoples since the arrival of Europeans. From the Aboriginal perspective, it refers to loss of lands, resources, and self-direction and to the severe disturbance of cultural ways and values. Colonization has taken its toll on all Aboriginal peoples, but it has taken perhaps its greatest toll on women. Prior to colonization, Aboriginal women enjoyed comparative honour, equality and even political power in a way European women did not at the same time in history. We can trace the diminishing status of Aboriginal women with the progression of colonialism. Many, if not the majority, of Aboriginal cultures were originally matriarchal or semi-matriarchal. European patriarchy was initially imposed upon Aboriginal societies in Canada through the fur trade, missionary Christianity and government policies. Because of white intrusion, the matriarchal character of Aboriginal spiritual, economic, kinship, and political institutions was drastically altered.

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Colonization and racism go hand in hand. Racism has provided justification for the subjugation of Aboriginal peoples. While all Aboriginal people are subjected to racism, women further suffer from sexism. Racism breeds hatred of Aboriginal peoples; sexism breeds hatred of women. For Aboriginal women, racism and sexism constitute a package experience. We cannot speak of sexual violence without at once addressing the effects of racism/sexism.
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12:35 AM on 12/16/2011
Florida resident Shimelesse Mekbeb,

4 Nov 2010 ....They want us to know this man comes to Winnipeg and films women. ... However, if it is found that he drugged his subjects and didn't get ....

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/porn-site-featuring-native-city-women-raises-alarm-106674273.html

mind you the comments give an idea how native women are still viewed in CANADA!
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