In June of this year we filed our special report to Parliament. All members have been given copies of this report, and we did bring some additional copies. In the report we do analyze, of course, Professor Moon's recommendations and we also went through another process where we had other consultations as well and did our own research.
Our recommendation is that section 13 not be repealed. In short, our recommendation is closer to Professor Moon's second option that you mentioned. Professor Moon, who happily is here to give evidence in the next hour and will be able to more specifically address his own recommendations, did suggest that there be a definition of hate put in the statute. The definition that he suggests is one that relates to advocating, inciting, or justifying violence. In the opinion of the commission, and as more specifically described in our special report, we don't feel that the definition should be as narrow as that. We feel that the definition should be along the lines of the Taylor case.
Professor Moon makes other observations and recommendations related to the processes that the Canadian Human Rights Commission might undergo. For example, he recommends that the commission be in effect the only complainant, that individuals should not have the responsibility to bring forward a complaint.
Our conclusion is that we should not take away that right from individual complainants. In the Canadian Human Rights Act there is a section that provides that the commission can bring its own complaint, and in fact that's what we did in the Taylor case in 1990. We find that those provisions still work well.
There are other slight distinctions, but overall I must say that Professor Moon's work greatly assisted the commission. It was thoughtful and well reasoned, and as I said, significant parts of his recommendations are reflected in our report.