We apologize for the delay at the start of the meeting.
I have a very specific question. We have met with people involved in the Earl Jones case, for example. When it comes to the alleged victims of these situations, a lot of their frustration arises from the impossibility of recovering funds that may have been taken in one of these major frauds. There are changes proposed to the law to try to enable judges to give certain instructions to facilitate recovery of these funds, but in reality it is very difficult.
It has been suggested that we borrow certain aspects of the law on organized crime. For example, if a person is convicted of a massive fraud of more than $1 million, there would be a reverse onus, if I have understood the provisions of the law on organized crime correctly, that would require the person who is convicted to prove that their property was not the result of the fraud. That would help the court and the judicial system to try to recover property and then compensate the people who lost money.
I would like to hear your reaction to this. It is not included in the present bill, it is a suggestion that has been made to us.