I was asking because I do understand that with victim impact statements, the definition of “victim” does broaden from the actual primary victim, if one wants to use that term. Families of victims have been called in the past to testify because they may possess some information pertinent to the case being mounted by the crown. My concern was that given that there's not a broad definition of “victim” codified in the Criminal Code, except for the victim impact, the government's amendment would not cover and exempt the members and families of victims. You're telling me that even if it's not codified, jurisprudence has now established a much broader definition of the term “victim”, and therefore the government's amendment would in fact protect these individuals from the pain of having to give evidence again.
On November 20th, 2007. See this statement in context.