Before we proceed on this, quite frankly I would be supportive of this, but given your ruling on what's within the scope of this bill, I'd like to know if in fact you have looked at this as to its admissibility in terms of its scope.
It seems to me to be completely contrary to the reverse onus or the presumption that we've built into the legislation. As I see it, all the prosecutor has to do is say, “You've committed one of these three offences that have these penalties; it's up to you now to prove why you shouldn't be a dangerous offender.” This is imposing a duty on the prosecutor that flies in the face of that.