In many ways it would be a challenge if you couldn't make changes to the Criminal Code unless you could statistically prove people's behaviour one way or another. Our challenge is to update the Criminal Code to make it more responsive and basically to listen to what Canadians are telling us. For instance, I would never be able to come up with statistics to tell you how many Canadians will become disappointed with the Canadian justice system and start to give up on it, in their belief that it may not protect them.
I certainly know what happens in other countries when people lose confidence in the criminal justice system. We can see very clearly what happens to society. But I don't think we'll ever have statistics to say how many thousands or millions of Canadians will lose confidence in the criminal justice system if we don't go ahead with changes to the Criminal Code. We have to trust in the collective wisdom of Canadians, as interpreted by members of Parliament, attorneys general, or other people who have a vital concern and interest in our criminal justice system, that they've got it right. There is no doubt in my mind that, just like other legislation, we've got it right and Canadians want this.