Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I know Mr. Easter is not here, Mr. Regan, but when I read this amendment, I liked it. I thought it was important that it should be “shall” but then, upon thinking about it a little bit further, the problem that I have is what you've just said: it's mandated.
There may be a situation where it should not be read in. You could have a situation as well where there is a statement that is on record and they choose to read that one into that particular time, whereas the actual victim or the family of the victim may not have wanted it read in at that particular hearing.
I'm not comfortable with the word “shall”, as I said. When I first looked at it I thought I agreed with that one, but then when I gave it a second thought, I'm sorry, but on this side we will not be able to support that amendment at this time.