Thank you.
Mr. Kurland, you're a criminal lawyer. I don't know whether you have the bill in front of you. I'm looking at clause 8 and I don't know whether I thoroughly understand it or not, but maybe you can help me with it. This bill will make it an offence to take someone outside of Canada with the intention of having them marry against their will if the person is under the age of 18. However, the new offence of participating in a marriage within Canada, where one of the persons being married is doing so against their will, seems to have no age limit.
Why is there an age limit for the offence of forcing someone into a marriage abroad? That's one question.
The second question is this. Does this mean that where a person aged 18 or older is taken into another country for a forced marriage, the individuals involved would not have committed an offence?