Thank you very much, Monsieur Ménard, for your question. You raise a very important Justice initiative. Many of these things, as you know by the LeSage and Code report, involve the administration that's within provincial jurisdiction. That being said, there is assistance that can and should be applied at the federal level. That being said, it's not easy.
I remember having Bill C-13, which was a collection of changes, none of them in and of themselves particularly newsworthy in terms of grabbing the headlines, but nonetheless these were initiatives that had been worked over by the Department of Justice and of course had input from provincial attorneys general. What was of interest to me was this. I remember about a year ago being informed by departmental officials that it was the fourth attempt to get that bill through in ten years. It's very difficult to get these things through. Part of the reason is that they can be derailed if one group, one place, doesn't like one provision. Do you know what I mean? It's because we're putting together a lot of different issues. That being said, I am very much committed, as I was to that particular bill, to get that bill through, because I think it helps clear up some of the issues with respect to the issues that prolong trials.
We of course have had the benefit of the LeSage and Code report, and I had input from provincial attorneys general. There has been a considerable amount of work done at the federal and provincial levels. One of the reports that I want to see is the Air India report. This will deal specifically with issues surrounding trials of this nature. As you know, that is coming to a conclusion, in the sense that we're hopefully going to be soon getting that report. Again, I want to see what recommendations are there with respect to prosecution of terrorist cases and what changes need to be made by existing legislation. I share with you the concern with respect to the prosecution and the handling of cases of that nature. At this point in time, I'm looking forward to the Air India report to see what further recommendations are there. With respect to my own record...and again, I appreciate your committee helping to get that bill through, but it wasn't easy. Again, it was the fourth attempt in a decade to get it through.