Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I appreciate you reading out this point in reference to the justice system, that what we do here should maintain the confidence of the people in the country in the justice system. But we're looking at a time in our history when it's shaken at every turn. To deny that it's not being shaken, I think one has to bury one's head in the sand, because we're seeing judgments coming out of our courts, we're seeing problems in enforcement, and we're seeing law being inadequately administered. Seemingly, sometimes, the legislators have created this huge legal system that everybody argues over, and sometimes justice goes by the wayside—all too often it goes by the wayside. I just want to put that in as an aside.
You were speaking as if this is a foregone conclusion, that this law will stumble over the charter because it's arbitrary. But we heard in this committee from more than one defence lawyer that this bill will have no problems passing a charter challenge, precisely because it is specific. And that testimony has come forward on more than one occasion. So there seems to be a broad difference of opinion between you and other defence lawyers.