Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have to comment on something that was said in the previous statement with regard to this being a private member's bill that may or should not have or should have been included in the victims bill of rights.
I have to say that I had my own private member's bill come before this committee and I was asked the questions why did you choose this, why didn't you choose something else?
Private members' bills are very personal and in this particular case Mr. Sweet has actually brought this bill forward. This is not the first time in this session that he's brought it forward. This is a personal issue to him. He has been to multiple parole hearings with a particular family who has had to deal with this very type of situation.
Are you suggesting at all that the government should not allow members to bring forward private members' bills that are personal to them in the event that government comes forward with their own legislation at some point in time? Yes, we are doing a victims bill of rights, and yes, it will be all-encompassing.
Just to clarify something as well, many of the things that our victims' ombudsman brought forward—