I've noticed that as you get older you realize how short 15 years is as a portion of your life compared to someone whose life has been taken and who has received that life sentence.
Mr. Murphy mentioned a family in an area that borders both our ridings. Their daughter was murdered. They travelled to Quebec for the parole hearing for the offender, and he cancelled it either the day or two days before, after they had already travelled. I can only imagine what it's like, even if it is in your hometown, to have to attend these and relive the situations you've gone through. In this case, there was the inconvenience of having to travel and prepare yourself for a parole hearing only to have it yanked out from under you.
We also have legislation our government has introduced that would say that if people cancel the parole hearing within 14 days, the hearing goes ahead without them. I'd like your comment on that, and also on the move from two years to five years as the length of time before someone can reapply.
We certainly hear what you're saying, and in my mind, two years rolls around like that. You would just perhaps recover from the last one and then have to revisit it again. Can you comment on both those things?