Thank you.
It will take me a minute to figure out where I was.
I was speaking of the 90-day window and I was saying that prisoners are not necessarily confined in the province where the case originated. They therefore have to apply to be transferred and moved back to their original province to retain a lawyer and to commence this application. To say you have 90 days from the 15-year moment is unrealistic and is just pure harshness.
I'm happy to answer questions. I'm sure you have questions for Mr. Head, who has some statistics.
My point is that you've not yet been given any evidence that suggests this is what Canadian criminal law policy should support. All you've been told is that this is what Canadians want. I doubt that.
The current mechanism is working. Juries are making the decisions. They are distinguishing between worthy cases and unworthy cases in every province. Judges at the judicial screening are making the distinction. In my submission I give a number of cases just in the past two years in which judges have said, “This case doesn't meet the test. It's not going to a jury.”
The current mechanism is working, and it reflects the fundamental Canadian view that people can be redeemed. It should be maintained.
Thank you.