Mr. Murphy raised a point, but I wonder how we could amend the bill. According to section 745.51, the judge's discretionary power deals with his allowing or denying the application. That would mean 25 more years before a person is eligible. However, I believe Bill C-48 cannot allow for less than 25 years, as that does not appear in the bill. There would have to be an amendment to 745.2 or the beginning of 745, but that is not what we have here. Unfortunately, I was not expecting it, but it would seem to me, if my memory serves me correctly and based on what we have here, that the judge has no other choice. It is one or the other, either you grant discretionary power or not. I do not know if you agree with me or not. Otherwise, we would need to amend the beginning of section 745.
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