Well, I have to tell you that there are always people on the front lines coming up with recommendations for change.
Certainly, I'm a person who is involved in those issues. Whether right or wrong about the right way to go about it, I certainly keep my nose to the ground in terms of looking at all these things and trying to determine the best way to change the criminal justice system to better enhance public safety.
I first heard of the provision in Bill C-27 when the bill was released. I can tell you that when the round tables were done, the people at the round tables were saying that they thought a “three strikes and you're in” law was a good way to do it, but the CCAA couldn't write that recommendation because it understood that there would be problems in terms of section 1 of the charter.
What the CCAA did was suggest a recommendation--and it's included in the report--that a judge take special notice of repetitive violations of judicial orders, including long-term offender orders. We felt that would withstand the scrutiny of the charter.
But I have to say that I had never heard about reverse onus in terms of dangerous offender legislation until the legislation was introduced. I was quite impressed.