I thank you for being here today.
Statistics can be made to mean anything, and my friends across the way will use them as they see fit. Without referring to nation at all, I would like to return to slide no. 9. I must admit that I would have appreciated having the written text of what you just said, Ms. Barr-Telford, because it isn't generally what we hear from our colleagues across the way. On slide no. 9, you say that there are fewer firearm cases being convicted.
Because of my background as a criminal defence lawyer, should I see that as a sign that a great deal of negotiating is taking place? In other words, my client may plead guilty to a robbery charge on the condition that the charge for using a firearm in the commission of the offence is dropped. So, he would not receive a four-year sentence and would only be convicted for having committed a robbery because that it would be a first offence.
Do you understand my question? Is it possible to interpret slide no. 9 to mean that?