Thanks for the question.
No, the government is not going to be supporting Mr. Comartin's amendment. I've seen what Mr. Comartin is proposing, and it goes in a direction that our bill is not going in. It would require, again, significantly more analysis before the government could support it. If I understand what Mr. Comartin is proposing, it would permit the DO application to be made later than six months or even after a previous one has failed, on the basis that the offender has refused treatment.
This bill does some major things, even with regard to long-term offenders who breach their conditions. But the specific provisions Mr. Comartin has put forward would require much further analysis because they're offering some new triggers that do not currently exist in the bill, and for that reason we're not going to be supporting it.