Sure.
Thank you, Minister, for appearing here today. We appreciate your presence here.
You touched on something earlier that I wanted to ask about, and that is the ombudsman for victims of crime and representation for victims and the place of victims in the process. I know that for a long time people were calling for support for victims. Certainly in my community in New Brunswick there's the sense that in the past, in the criminal justice system, the victims often got left behind in the process. We know that having representation for victims of crime was recommended in 2000.
We see the commitment that's been made and the moneys that have been put aside. I'm wondering if you can speak more generally on the need for support for victims of crime and why that's important to victims.