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People would still rather give blood than to serve on a jury in Canada. But finding ways to support the people who do serve is one of the goals Mark Farrant has been working towards for years. He’s part of a non-profit group called The Canadian Juries Commission. It was borne after he and other jurors realizing there were laws restricting who they could talk to in trying to deal the graphic details and images they were witness to. And Farrant says there’s a peer support pilot project underway that he hopes will some day expand to Nova Scotia.
People would still rather give blood than to serve on a jury in Canada. But finding ways to support the people who do serve is one of the goals Mark Farrant has been working towards for years. He’s part of a non-profit group called The Canadian Juries Commission . It was borne after he and other jurors realizing there were laws restricting who they could talk to in trying to deal the graphic details and images they were witness to. And Farrant says there’s a peer support pilot project underway that he hopes will some day expand to Nova Scotia. read more read less

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