Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I just have a question or two, perhaps to you, Mr. Holland, or you, Ms. Tkachyk.
First, thanks for your presentations.
Would it not be of some comfort to you, limited though it might be, to at least see Bill S-203 passed? Based on the fact, and it's well established, that harsher penalties serve as some deterrent to wrongdoers, would it not move the yardsticks along, advance your noble cause of protecting animals? Would it not move the yardsticks to some extent if, however flawed you may view this bill, it was passed?