Thank you, sir.
One of the things that got me in this job, being a new person and on the job for less than 16 months, is that we're flooded with so much information. So many things come across our desks.
In particular, we all look at things in our own home province. I had the opportunity to see this documentary. I knew the story and I knew what the Bagbys had gone through, but when I went out and took in the documentary--and we get asked to view many things and hear many stories--it did have a profound impact on me as to how we could change things. By working together, by making sure we gather all-party support on things, and by compromising, we can move forward.
I thank you for those comments. I just wanted to add that. That's why I brought this forward.
With respect to protecting children, we need to give the courts and the justice system the ability and the tools they need to deny bail in order to protect children. We need to have that ability. The courts need to do it. We cannot do it alone as parliamentarians. We have to rely on our judicial system, our public prosecution, and our lawyers. They need the tools to do the job. In this particular case, I just saw this as one opportunity to change the law to give them the tools they need to do their job in denying bail.