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Truth, Justice, Accountability, Public Safety & Support.
Canadians Unite
A Call For a National Independent Investigation of the Parole Board of Canada
Canadians deserve transparency, accountability, and meaningful consideration of public safety when individuals convicted of serious violent offences are released into the community.
This is about more than one parole decision—it is about whether Canada’s laws and policies strike the appropriate balance between an offender’s privacy and security interests and the rights, safety, and access to information of victims, their families, and the public. It raises fundamental questions for all Canadians:
Do our current laws and Parole Board policies reflect the values and expectations of the communities they are intended to protect, and do they give victims and their families a meaningful voice when decisions directly affect their safety?
Pretty Patti’s Wrongful Death
One Question Remains Unanswered After 30 Years
Who was responsible for warning Patricia Grace Ducharme while Brock Graham was under police surveillance in connection with Lynn Duggan’s murder investigation and on probation for firearms offences involving restricted, unregistered firearms, including threats directed at undercover surveillance personnel and off-duty police officers?
Our family has three decades of documented, unsuccessful attempts to seek answers from the Federal and Provincial Government regarding what we believe was the wrongful death of our mother, “Pretty Patti”.
We have evidence raising serious questions about police surveillance, the information available to authorities, and whether opportunities to protect Patricia were missed.
After 30 years, the federal government, through its response to the House of Commons, claims to have statements indicating that Patricia Grace Ducharme was aware of the circumstances, yet it has not provided the statements or disclosed the details needed to substantiate that claim.
The recent Parole Board’s Decision to release Brock, a convicted killer for the lives of Pretty Patti and Lynn Duggan, on Day Parole, has brought these longstanding concerns back into the spotlight.
Our family is asking Canadians to look more closely at Patricia’s story.
We are seeking transparency, accountability, truth and justice.
Graham’s Parole Approved – History Must Not Repeat Itself
After our mother was not warned by authorities 30 years ago, today’s history feels painfully familiar.
Graham has now been released into the community. Once again, our family is facing a system where victims’ families and citizens are left without critical information.
This is a significant public safety issue, and leaves the Ducharme family to ask what has changed in 30 years that victims are still left in the dark, unprotected, uninformed, and not given fair participation in the parole system.
“Way too many families are being victimized by a system that is meant to protect them. After decades of standing beside other survivors, I now know firsthand what it feels like in the shadows of offender’s rights.
How have we come to accept a system that prioritizes offender safety over victims’ rights?
— Christopher Ducharme
Survivor Stories
Ducharme Global is also a place for survivors to find connection, understanding, and support.
Ducharme, Founder of BC Victims of Homicide and Past President of the BC Bereavement Helpline, created & co-produced “Aftermath of Murder: Survivor Stories,” a federally funded educational campaign and therapeutic video series for survivors to tell their experiences in their own voices.
Vision 2030 – A Global Homicide Project
The long-term vision extends beyond Canada.
Christopher Ducharme’s long-term vision and life’s passion extend far beyond Canada’s borders. After serving as a national spokesperson for victims with the Government of Canada’s Department of Justice, contributing to the development of Canada’s Victims Bill of Rights, and receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for significant contributions to Canada, Christopher is turning his attention to a global challenge: reducing homicide rates, advancing victims’ rights, justice reform, and support for families affected by homicide.
The Global Homicide Project seeks to address the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime (UNOC) Global Studies on Homicide Reports (2011, 2013, 2019 and 2023 editions) to build international dialogue among survivors, governments, victims’ organizations, policymakers, and global stakeholders to advance victims’ rights, homicide prevention, justice reform, and compassionate support for families affected by violence.
One voice can begin a conversation. Together, we can create change.