I want to thank the witnesses for attending our meeting and for giving us their views on this important bill.
We have some questions for all of you, but my question is directed to Mrs. Shi.
You spoke about subsection 494.(2), and of course that expands the reasonable time within which it's possible for, in your case, the shopkeeper to make the arrest. It's also premised on the basis of a reasonable and probable ground that the police officer can't make the arrest. I know there are a lot of delays, so there are, generally speaking, some reasonable probable grounds.
I'm wondering if you think the inclusion that the person doing the arresting believe there be reasonable probable grounds that the police cannot make the arrest will ensure that citizens actually in general behave responsibly and in a law-abiding fashion. Does that act as a safeguard, in your mind?