Thank you.
You have well expressed your viewpoint. Let me say, in passing, that we are convinced of what you say. However, you are probably aware that, on the government side, members are not convinced. It is nevertheless important that the public be aware.
When the bill was presented by Warren Allmand, Solicitor General, in 1976, he stated the following, and I am quoting here from a summary provided to us by the Library of Parliament: A period of incarceration, with hope of parole, and with the built-in additional incentive for the inmate, and protection for the guards, of a review of that parole eligibility after 15 years is necessarily better than a sentence of death because it removes the possibility of an irreversible error of execution.
Indeed, the system, since 1976, has fulfilled its objectives.