However, Ms. Schurman, if the onus is reversed and if a person is found guilty of a third offence, the reverse onus kicks in, and it will be very difficult, and very costly, for legal aid to argue that the person should not be declared a dangerous offender. Other witnesses have told us that it would be extremely difficult—and you have said so yourself—to prove this. Trying to prove that a person will not commit a crime in the future is to impose a negative onus. It is almost impossible to prove such a thing.
