Thank you.
During the second reading of this private member's bill, Mr. Harris, who is a former justice critic, had an interesting comment. I'd like to share it with you. It colours how, basically, an abduction doesn't exist in isolation.
He said: It is very rare to have kidnapping cases that are simply about kidnapping. Sadly, they are often in connection with other crimes, whether they be of sexual assault or, in the most horrific of cases, murder.
Of course, we had Mr. Wilks testify, and his experience as a 20-year RCMP officer was relating things that went along the lines of Stephen King movies.
Again, say that this colours the whole issue of kidnapping with regard to surviving the “cruel and unusual punishment” test, do you feel that, given the circumstances surrounding abductions, this further bolsters the notion that an attack on the charter would be sustained, in the sense that this would be reasonable in a free and democratic society?