Can I answer, in a sense, in two ways? One is if this legislation is passed, then the families won't have to go before the parole board if the person is given consecutive sentences. That would be one issue. Second is if it is not a situation where it's consecutive and they have to appear before the parole board. These are the kinds of issues that certainly our office is looking into and working with, and I've had discussions with both the parole board and Correctional Service Canada, with their victims' services and with the policy centre for victims, about how—we know there are issues there—we can keep those open lines of communication to make sure that we leverage all of our knowledge and experience to be able to ensure that victims can be....
How do you prepare someone? How do you prepare someone to face the person who murdered their loved one? I don't know. In a sense, what I have seen from a lot of the victims' families is such strength, such commitment, and they're there because they're representing the people who can't speak, their loved ones whom they've lost.
When you ask me a question, I'm being very respectful. These are very difficult questions about how we can support.... And you have identified one of the biggest needs, which is the need for timely information, and not just about process. Again, I don't want to take up too much time, but a lot of those issues that you're raising have been identified in the recommendations that have been put forward by our office, and we look forward to having an opportunity to speak to those in the future.
Thank you for raising that.