Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will share my time with Mr. Jacob.
Mr. Byers, you talked about section 35. Was that the section you were referring to? I want to make sure because there are two sections that would be amended: section 65, on riots, and section 66 on unlawful assemblies.
That said, my question is for Mr. Champ. You said that the main impact of this bill is to create tougher penalties for a person who commits an offence while wearing a mask than for a person who is just participating in a riot. Wasn't that already the case? Didn't the courts of Canada already consider being disguised an aggravating factor?
There is another question I would like Mr. Byers or Mr. Champ to answer. Wouldn't it be good to use the same terms in section 351 if we want to create a specific offence in sections 65 and 66 concerning the notion of wearing a disguise, to avoid having all sorts of interpretations of the offence of wearing a disguise in section 351 and the one newly created in sections 65 and 66?