I'm here to testify, of course, on this bill, but as Mr. Comartin said, these bills are both part of the same process, which is to try to reduce victimization. In a sense, they do complement each other. In that particular case, a judge who believes it's appropriate can impose a period of ineligibility consecutively rather than concurrently. For the person who is the second or third or tenth victim of one of these individuals, their life is not devalued in the sense that there's no change in the penalty of the individual who has inflicted this pain on their families.
That is one of the bills that I hope is very quickly going to be before this committee and be passed by Parliament.
And you're right, they complement each other. They will bring about truth in sentencing and will send out the message that there are no “discounts” for multiple murderers in Canada anymore. Every life will be taken into consideration.