I would like to follow up on what Mr. Cotler and Mr. Scott have said.
Given the answer that Ms. Levman just gave us, I think we should perhaps ask someone with a specialty in family law. We have two interrelated concepts. We have the criminal offence under section 279 and we have the impact. This amendment introduces another area: the lawful care or charge.
I do not want to vote having told myself that the meaning is probably the same, that it should cover…this is not any old ad hoc committee; this is the committee on justice. We have to submit a bill to Parliament. Whether we agree on some points or not is not what this is about; since the Department of Justice representative cannot assure us…That is no criticism. We all have our specialty. I am certainly no expert in family law, so I ask questions. If I do not get an answer, I do not feel comfortable voting. From the outset, I have been saying that we are not really opposed to reducing…
the scope of the thing. We appreciate that. But are we creating a monster with a lot of heads, and we have no idea what is going to come out of it? I think we should suspend this—albeit not for long—and get somebody to come to answer those questions that we have before we decide what to do with the amendment.