If you're saying to me that we can go back retroactively and start changing the sentences of people, for instance, who were convicted ten years ago, that we can change one of the terms upon which they were convicted ten years ago by wiping out the faint hope clause for them, I'd be quite surprised. You know, of course, that in a split second there'd be charter challenges on that.
What I have done is within the Constitution. I have to move forward with legislation that I believe complies with the Charter of Rights and the Canadian Bill of Rights. And in doing so, as you can see, some of the procedures I have tightened up, so that it's every five years that you can apply for it, as opposed to every two years. And you have a small window, a three-month window, in which to make that application. That, I believe, will pass constitutional muster. I have no doubt about that. But retroactively to wipe this out, Mrs. Jennings, I think I'd have a major problem. And I think constitutional experts will agree with me on that.