Thank you very much.
I read with great interest, yesterday evening, the brief of the Canadian Bar Association which I found excellent and also perfectly clear and succinct, which is rarely the case. However, after listening to you this morning, I am still having trouble understanding exactly what your position is concerning the new definitions of a violent offence. On the one hand, if we look at all the offences for which people can get more than five years, and there are few in the Criminal Code for which a person would be liable to less than five years, I think the definition is too broad. On the other hand, you seem to conclude that a violent offence should be redefined.
I would like you to clarify that for me in order for us to decide if we should amend this bill or if we should keep it as it is.