Justice committee  Could I follow? If in the future this bill passes, and if you accept the argument about pain--and I accept that it's how some people experience grief, and it lasts forever--it will still happen at the 25-year mark with the parole process, because our current Corrections and Conditional Release Act and regulations give victims that opportunity to participate in parole hearings.

Justice committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. I regret to say that I am not bilingual. I will therefore have to present my ideas and give my answers in English only. I am here because I'm very concerned about this bill. It will place our sentencing regime, aside from those of countries that still execute people, among the harshest in the world and certainly in the western world.