Yes. Thank you.
Bill C-310 proposes to add an interpretive aid to section 279.04. This aid would provide a non-exhaustive list, which we discussed here this morning, of conduct that a court could take into consideration in determining whether an accused had exploited another person. The purpose of my proposed amendment would be to simplify this paragraph and to make it more consistent with the way other similar clauses in the Criminal Code are drafted. It would do this by modifying proposed subsection 279.04(2) to make clear that the conduct listed in the subsection is relevant to determining whether an accused exploited another person, and simplifying the proposed list of conduct to make it easier for police, prosecutors, and courts to rely upon.
So really what we're trying to do is just make this a little clearer and make sure that it fits the purpose it's drafted for.