There is a case, which has been reported in the media, of a family living in a town bordering Mr. Murphy's and my ridings. Our ridings border on a town where this family lives. They were going through a parole hearing. Their daughter was killed many years ago and they went through the process of preparation. They travelled to Quebec for the hearing and then the offender cancelled the parole hearing after the family was already there.
Obviously that made the news and people were outraged by it. It was an egregious case of abuse. But we do have a system right now that allows that to happen. To most of us, certainly to me and the people I've talked to, it is simply not acceptable that this could happen to a victim's family.
You mentioned there is no closure for victims' families, and I can certainly appreciate that. But specifically when it comes to victims' families attending these faint hope hearings, does it not help with closure? Does it actually prevent closure? Is that a safe assumption?