The two questions posed by the honourable member are, if I understand them correctly, to address the minister's comments in respect of the accused's lack of participation right now and what barriers it poses.
I would welcome the opportunity to submit transcripts of testimony on which I have been lucky enough to be the cross-examiner, in which Dr. Hucker, Dr. Bradford, and Dr. Gojer and others have repeatedly commented on the lack of necessity for the involvement of the offender in their psychiatric assessments. We know these psychiatric assessments are very much the basis of the prediction of recidivism. Well, the PCL-R, or the “Psychopathy Checklist—Revised”, which is the fundamental tool for that, does not require the participation of the offender in ranking him as a psychopath or not a psychopath, or ranking him on that range. In fact, Dr. Hare, who created the PCL-R, recommends great diligence if you're going to interview the offender, because one of the criteria—