On the amendments, there are actually some that I already have. It was discovered that there was a difficulty in the English versus the French versions of the bill which will have to be corrected. I do have amendments with respect to cleaning it up. I can advance something to you with respect to the 19 charges. On the 19 charges, all I have right now is the Excel sheet, but we can clean that up.
With respect to witnesses, should you decide to call in people, to be honest, I'm not sure you need to. This is probably a matter for members to decide. However, I would suggest officials from the Nova Scotia government, or the House there.
I would suggest David Wilks, as well, who is my seatmate and a former RCMP officer. He was instrumental in helping to draft the criminal offences that I've included today. David has a very good understanding of the law and its application, and frankly, the seriousness and indictable nature of these crimes, which I think is important to our understanding of what kind of threshold I'm laying out here today. These are serious crimes. When individuals are found guilty, it's a serious matter.
If you want to get a flavour of the public mood on this, I would urge you to invite my former colleagues from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation who have made passing this bill an important measure. They will echo some of what I've said today, but as I said, I think they will give you a sense of the public's opinion about these matters. That might be informative for members to hear.