I think I do. As you're well aware, I'm here to be the voice for victims, and I can tell you unequivocally that victims do not want to see what happened to them happen to other people.
I think Bill C-48 addresses the concerns from both viewpoints and allows that discretion if there are reasons for the judge not to impose...the bill allows for that. The victims want us to keep in mind...we are talking about, if I may quote Priscilla de Villiers, “the worst of the worst”. These are people who have committed multiple murders. When I talk about accountability and compassion, it's about people, a very small percentage of people, who have committed those multiple murders, and not having to put families through repeat parole hearings like what we saw on Monday, for example. Keep in mind, from the victims' perspective, that when it comes to this legislation, that discretion is addressed by the judges, and keep in mind that these are people who have committed multiple murders, and that accountability, that life means life.