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Melanie Lauzon, is that correct?

Yes, that's me.

You are here to report a sexual assault,

is that correct?

Yes.

You can give a written statement

or an oral one, we have a recording device here.

I don't think I can write right now.

Whenever you're ready.

What do you want me to say?

Just say what happened.

I don't remember what happened exactly,

a lot of it's a blur.

I don't remember much.

Just tell me what you can remember.

What is the last thing you remember before it happened?

Um, my friends and I were leaving the college

to go out drinking.

We took the bus.

Route 7, I believe?

Where do you attend school?

Windsor.

What are you studying?

Biology.

Did you drink, or take any drugs

before you arrived?

To be honest, I did smoke some weed.

And we had a few drinks before I left.

Do you think that could have

affected your judgment?

What is that supposed to mean?

That smoking weed

could have affected your judgment.

I mean, I guess it could have,

but I don't see what that has to do with anything.

Did you have anything to drink at the club?

Yes.

How much?

Um, a lot.

After about four or five I got really drowsy,

and don't remember much else.

Do you remember leaving?

No, not really, I blacked out.

It was scary, it was confusing.

Anything else?

I remember an intense pounding.

I remember beautiful things, like flowers,

and other things.

And I also remember really horrible things,

like blood, and skulls.

He had a birthmark, it was shaped like a flower.

They were large, I'd never seen anything like them before.

And I woke up somewhere I'd never been before.

At a different location.

I don't know, I blacked out, I,

I vaguely remember being at a bus shelter

a few kilometers away from the club.

When I woke up, I was in intense pain.

I'd been badly beaten, I was covered in blood.

Were you sexually active

in the days before the incident?

No, I'm a virgin!

Do you think anyone you know

could have done this to you?

No, not that I can think of.

I asked Sarah, she's the one who,

I woke up in her apartment,

she found me in the bus shelter, passed out.

She thought I was drunk.

Since it's taken you more than 96 hours

to report this, we can't get his DNA.

Are you sure you don't know who did this to you?

No!

OK, I'll be right back.

Don't ever do that again.

Hello?

Hello?

Melanie?

Oh, hi.

Hi, Mom.

Just one second, I'm gonna put you on speaker.

Hey.

Yeah, I'm just returning your call,

why were you calling?

This is actually really hard of me to ask,

but um, with Joseph's birthday coming up,

and rent, and the groceries,

I really need to borrow from you again.

I can't keep doing this.

It seems to be every two months now.

Joseph have a job yet?

Yeah, he went to work today.

I promise this is the last time, I swear.

Are you still gambling?

No, I haven't been in months.

I don't even play the lottery anymore.

We think you should come home,

Joseph's really bad for you.

You were supposed to go to school.

I know, I know, but things happened

that I didn't plan, you know,

and I'm just trying to deal with it.

You know, if I had the resources, I'd go to school,

but I don't.

Can you help?

OK, I guess we can put some money

into your account.

Your father and I talked about this, and this needs to stop.

Yeah, I know, I know, thank you so much, Mom.

I love you so much.

Joe, do you have anything you want to say to Grandma?

Hi, Grandma.

Hi honey, I hope to see you soon.

Yeah, we'll come by for a visit real soon.

Thank you, have a good night.

Good night.

These scandals, plus many instances

of actual sexual assault, have prompted debates

about rape culture on campuses across the country.

Jokes about rape, comments about rape,

songs about rape, depictions about rape,

are trivialized or made to seem commonplace and everyday.

Universities, including U of O,

have promised change, and focus on the need for consent.

We have work to do.

That was last year.

This was this week.

We begin tonight with a disturbing story

from the University of Ottawa.

The Science Students' Association

organized that pub crawl with a contest.

The student newspaper article

says students were encouraged to strip,

and have oral and once at least anal sex

with the event judges, all male.

And that if they did they won points.

There are reports of sexual harassment

out of that event every single year.

There are reports of coercion out of that event,

and of assault, like almost every year that it's happened.

But some pub-crawl participants

are pushing back, saying everything was consensual.

And that it was a sexually liberating experience.

I'm joined by our panelists.

Supriya Dwivedi is a columnist with the Toronto Sun.

Elamin Abdelmahmoud is social media editor

at Buzzfeed Canada.

And Jonathan Kay is editor-in-chief of Walrus magazine.

So, Elamin I'm gonna start with you on this one.

The details are a little sketchy,

and the report of exactly what happened this year,

or in previous years, a lot of it, most of it's secondhand.

But if it's true that older, male students, judges,

were setting up this list and encouraging

these younger students to participate for points,

how problematic is that, is that rape culture,

or is that just a wild night?

To me, I look at these details,

and look and see a perfect example of rape culture.

It's a perfect example because these students were going

and they didn't really know what they were consenting to.

They knew that this event was going to be particularly wild,

but the fact that consent was implied in this event

indicates that it is rape culture, right?

So like we don't have a situation where you can

consent to something you don't know beforehand.

I think that creates an environment

where rape culture really thrives.

What do you think?

Look, rape culture, we know that it's real

in some instances, but I'm not sure this is rape culture.

This seems like the new Puritanism coming from the left...

Let's see...

It's very unsettling, you've got women and men,

acting this extremely unwholesome way,

but does it sound like rape,

does it sound like there's no consent involved?

You actually had two letter writers

writing to the student newspaper saying,

look, you know, butt out, we did this of our own volition,

there was consent, we found it sexually liberating,

we are proud of what we did.

And what's ironic is when I was younger this was coming

from the right side of the political spectrum.

You had socially conservative Christians

who were complaining that campus life had been too sexual.

Now it's from the left side of the political spectrum

you have people calling out rape culture

whenever people are doing stuff

that they happen not to approve of,

so it's a new Puritan outlook

but it's coming from the left side of the spectrum.

Where are you on this, Supriya?

I gotta say, I think I sort of agree with John for once,

and I would have to say whereas I do think

there's definitely a gradation here that we're seeing,

and the consent thing is absolutely valid,

to me rape culture has always meant any culture

wherein the dominant attitudes towards rape

either facilitate, excuse, tolerate rapists,

while at the same time placing the blame

and the onus of rape prevention onto the victims.

Because there are actual no allegations of sexual assault

or rape in the situation, and we're not talking about

victim-blaming here, I think that consent is absolutely

an issue, I just don't know if I would call it rape culture.

But I realize we're kind of getting into the semantics of,

you know, really the definitions.

I think that part of the problem here is,

one of the students said, I mean like listen,

we don't know a lot about this report.

Right.

But in the report one student said,

I tried to say no, but the judges said

that they were not OK with that.

And so when we have an environment like this,

I think they are going in and they're creating an event

where consent is implied and that becomes a problem

because if you look at it as an event where these students

are just trying to do something

that's sexually fun for them,

totally I can see where you're coming from,

but to me this wasn't that.

There are lots of kink parties

where people participate in these things

but they do it with an understanding and full consent

that what they're going to participate in,

but this wasn't that.

If I could just jump in, because I think

we read the same report and I think if I remember correctly

it was actually the teammates of one of the women said,

you know, I'm not OK with this, and the teammates

were actually encouraging her to do it.

But I mean, either way it's consent,

it's like being blindsided when you get in there.

It's unsettling but there's no allegation

that she couldn't have just walked out,

what we're talking about is peer pressure.

But that's what rape culture is...

No...

Hi Joseph, I'm surprised to see you.

Your dinner's ready.

I'll get dinner on the table.

Dinner's ready!

So how was your day?

Good, it went well I think.

Would you like some more?

Is that enough for you?

Some more.

I don't think we're fragile and need protection.

So, how was work?

Fine, I'll talk about my day then.

You know, I lifted heavy shit all day,

and now I have to deal with assholes like you.

What is going on?

What is it?

Nothing.

We don't have to do this again, do we?

I'm just trying to enjoy my dinner, OK?

You didn't fucking go, did you!

Joe, go to your room.

Close the door.

That's how it is, huh?

Couldn't you at least try to be a good example for my son?

That's right, he's your son.

Yeah, well I hope he's nothing like you!

Fuck off, you can really be a bitch sometimes.

Don't talk to me like that!

So what is it now for us, welfare?

I'm trying my best.

I really wanted that job.

I show up there

I was just too embarrassed to tell you.

I need you to work.

I know.

He needs new shoes, what are we supposed to do,

we're barely scraping by.

I can't keep borrowing from my parents.

We can't live like this anymore,

I can't deal with this shit anymore.

And don't ever talk to me that way again.

And I should note that it appears to be just a PR move

because this is a university that's spent a lot of money

trying to combat sexual violence on campus, and this...

I mean, I do kind of feel myself

blushing a bit 'cause it's a bit embarrassing to admit that

but it's a conversation that...

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Melanie, can you help me with this?

What's that?

Can you move these calla lilies to this cart here.

Move them to the front, I have a big order to fill.

Yeah, I'll be there in a sec.

Thanks Melanie, I can always count on you.

Fuck you.

Fuck you, asshole.

I wondered if you wanted to join us for a drink after.

I'm really flattered,

but I have to pick up my son from school.

OK, sorry.

Have yourself a good night.

Yeah, thanks, you too.

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My gosh Melanie, hurry up, we have a big order to fill.

There's no time to be on your phone.

It's off.

Put it away, please.

Fucking asshole, fuck you.

A $50,000 reward is being offered

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Back in this country, the remote First Nation

of Kashechewan in northern Ontario is being evacuated.

What's going on?

It's a small fire, mostly smoke.

We're just taking every precaution we can

with the students here.

Where's my son at?

On the west side, he's still there.

The Opposition says it is challenging

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inexplicably did not bear an official seal.

For those stories,

and all the other news of the day, stay tuned to CBC.

He patrols the perimeter,

looking for females ready to mate.

In the distance, a young bull takes note

of the old bull's age and posture.

What's going on here, where's Joey?

You're home?

Yeah, I'm home, where's Joey?

In his room.

I'll look.

Must have snuck out.

What's going on, I mean I'm away at work all day,

you do nothing, you could at least watch him.

What, excuse me?

You heard me.

- You do nothing. - Do nothing?

I do a lot.

You know no one wants to hire me, so, please.

Give me a break.

I do nothing?

I mean come on, I am working all day, I come home,

look at this place, it's a pig sty.

Everything is misplaced.

I mean, I don't even know where my son is.

Has he even eaten, I don't know.

This is all I do anymore.

I don't have any friends anymore.

Whatever.

Get a job, whatever.

Can you please shut the fuck up now?

No.

Can you please shut the fuck up, you fucking bitch?

Or what, what are you gonna do?

Can you shut the fuck up now, OK?

You can understand?

Don't hit me again you bastard!

How dare you!

Shut the fuck up.

Let me go!

Let me go!

Fuck you, fuck off!

I can't take this anymore.

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Where have you been tonight?

Just at the casino.

Come here

It's fine.

Melanie,

I'm really sorry about what happened.

I didn't mean to go that far, it's just...

It's been so hard since I got out of jail, and...

Everything, I fucked up, I know it.

I know, I know.

Is everything OK between us?

Yeah, yeah I'm cool.

Sure, Melanie?

I love you.

I don't know what I'd do without you.

OK, want to just go to bed?

Sure.

I'll be there in a sec.

No.

No!

Stop it!

Joseph, stop it!

No!

No!

Stop it!

No.

No!

No!

Stop!

Hey Melanie, can I have a word with you?

Yeah, just give me a sec.

Take a seat, please.

What's up?

I'll get to it

But, um, we're gonna have to lay you off.

We've been really slow for the last few months.

If you don't mind, just sign these right here.

Are you serious?

I'm not signing this.

Even if you don't, you still can't work here anymore.

I'm not signing this!

I will have Mark escort you out now.

Thank you, Mark.

There's some breaking news,

reports are coming in of an attack,

or quite possibly several attacks, in Paris.

Reports are talking of a burst of gunfire

at a restaurant in the 10th arrondissement.

Details are still sketchy.

Liberation, the paper, on Twitter, is talking about

reports of a shooting at a restaurant.

A journalist from Liberation who's at the scene,

reporting that several people have been killed.

He called it a nightmare.

We have no confirmation at this point.

Police are reported to be rushing to the scene

near the Place de la Republique in the 10th arrondissement.

We are trying to get through to eyewitnesses,

but social media beginning to report a shooting

at a restaurant in the 10th arrondissement.

Close to the canal, near the Place de la Republique.

Some reports saying several people have been killed.

A journalist with Liberation newspaper

tweeted that the scene is a nightmare.

We will try and get more on that

with our correspondent in Paris

and indeed on social media as soon as we can.

Pretty sure that they have killed Jihadi John,

the man behind the beheading videos for Islamic State.

Now this happened in Raqqa, in Syria.

It comes after shootings in Paris and in France,

actually, in August, and the shootings of those cartoonists

at the Charlie Hebdo magazine...

Also a shootout in a supermarket, a Jewish supermarket,

the following day.

We can speak to Gregory Domine, who joins us on the phone

from Paris...

What time is it?

What time is it?

Shit, I have to go!

My son from school.

I'll call you or text you or something.

Oh yeah, do that.

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Hello Ms. Lauzon, where have you been?

I'm so sorry, I got caught in traffic.

We were very worried.

We tried to call all of the numbers on file.

What numbers do you have on file?

You need to update this information more frequently.

We also need to talk about your son's behavior at school.

OK.

We really need to get going to hockey practice,

or some other sort of sport.

So a lot of people don't see the links

between public transit and violence against women,

but they're actually quite clear.

Well, I think because our population is small,

and even though we're spread over a large landmass.

Many people are aware of their neighbors,

and they're also very connected to them through work,

or they're related to them.

So everyone potentially ends up knowing everyone else.

Why're you home so late?

I've had a rough day, just leave me alone, OK?

What happened?

Leave me alone.

What happened?

Daddy, can you play now?

Not now, I'm talking to your mother.

Give me my phone.

Who is this?

Just give me my phone.

Who is this now, tell who is this.

No, give it to me.

Fucking tell me who is this now!

Nothing, it's nothing, it's nobody.

It's nobody, it's nobody?

You fucking tell me.

He's nobody, I'll show you who's nobody.

No, stop it!

Stop it!

Stop!

Stop it!

Back off!

Are you serious now?

Back the fuck off!

Are you serious?

Get out, get out, get the fuck out.

I don't care how you go, just get out of here.

Mom?

Can you come?

Something really terrible has happened.

I've been beat up pretty bad, can you come?

Thank you.

We should call the police.

I can't do that.

If I find him, I'm gonna fucking kill him.

It's not fair, it's not right.

We're a tight family, I thought.

We know what's going on.

Your brother's doing wonderfully well.

What would make you be attracted to scum like that?

Who'd treat you that way?

What did we do wrong, Melanie?

You didn't do anything wrong, it's not your fault.

Well we're here now, let's talk.

It's too late for that.

Listen, I'm gonna go to the hospital, OK?

We'll take you.

I've already talked to you guys about this, OK?

You just weren't prepared to listen.

We've been listening the whole time.

Just listen to your heart.

Everything is there, all of the answers are in your heart.

And at some point

the reaction always seems to be, just do something.

Fucking bastard.

Now here are the top stories this hour.

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I, uh, fell down the steps, walking into my son's school.

I brought wine.

Oh, I can do it.

Yeah, it's my favorite.

Well, you know, I had to wait for my parents to come by

and watch the kid.

I would have been by sooner.

You did, didn't you?

Fuck you!

Think about what you've done to me, every fucking day!

You knew I was a virgin!

And you took everything anyway!

I could have made a real difference in my life.

But you took it all fucking away!

Fuck you!

Fuck you!

You took it all.

You don't fucking care!

Fuck you!

You disgust me, you filthy fucking pig!

Fucking...

If there is a Hell, I'm gonna fucking send you there now!

You hear me!

Right fucking now!

Oh, Melanie, you're back.

Yeah.

All night?

You know what hospitals are like.

Yeah.

Where's Dad?

He had to go to work.

Are you OK?

I'm alive, right?

We did call the police last night.

Yeah?

Yeah and they found him a couple of blocks away.

He's in custody?

Yeah.

I'm sure he's never gonna hurt you again.

Yeah.

I really hope this is a wake-up call for you,

please don't let him into your home again.

I won't.

I made some coffee, do you want some?

Yeah, thank you.

Are we still going to school today?

Yeah.

I want you to bring me.

Of course.

But Mommy's in a lot of pain right now,

she can't bring you.

Will a kiss make it better?

Yeah, that would help me a lot.

I promise I'm gonna be happy too.

Thank you.

We better get going to school.

Oh, I can take him.

Are you sure?

Yeah, yeah.

OK.

I'll wait here till you get back, OK?

All right, grab your bag.

OK.

OK, let's go.

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