Mr. Minister, I must say right away that I have a great deal of trouble voting in favour of this bill. I won't be able to do it because the bill will take away any faint hope from a number of individuals who could be reintegrated in society. I invite Mr. Petit to check what the court said about Mr. Lortie's conviction, since, contrary to what he was saying, those were not first-degree murders.
Having said that, Mr. Minister, that only applies to first-degree murders, meaning to those sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 25 years. Since 1976, when the death penalty was abolished in this country, the current system with the so-called “faint hope” clause has been working very well. What do you see wrong with this system?