I hate to sound a little cynical, gentlemen, particularly those of you who are engaged primarily in the defence side of the law. I understand that you are here primarily to present that side of opinion on this bill, and you've done it quite thoroughly. And Ms. Joncas and Ms. Pate, you've represented your particular area of advocacy very thoroughly.
I go back to a comment my colleagues made regarding the concern for victims and the safety of our society here. I have to ask the question. I'm not a lawyer; you gentlemen are, and you may find this a little simplistic, but I have to ask. In your understanding, in your comprehension of justice, in your grasp of how we are to respond to people who have demonstrated evil and people who have demonstrated good, where in all of this, in your minds, do the protection of society and the rights of victims of crime come into consideration? That's what we as legislators have to grasp, what two-thirds of Canadians have solidly said, that the justice system is not working for them when it comes to dealing with violent crime. They want it fixed.
These are victims of crime. These are law-abiding citizens who feel threatened in their own communities, in their own homes, in their own streets. They're worried about their safety. Victims are worried about the government responding in some manner that gives the appearance that justice is being served.
Where does this all come into it, in your arguments against Bill C-2?