One of the things that we have made very clear in the legislation is that now it is going to be imposed; there will not a waiver of it at the time of sentencing. This is a part of the sentence. If you get a fine there will be an automatic 30% increase for victim services. We have doubled the victim surcharge for all summary and indictable offence convictions in this country. It's going to be across the board. This is going to be built in to the Criminal Code when this bill hopefully is passed out of this committee and gets third reading, and proceeds to the Senate and then royal assent. This will be part of the laws of this country. I think the majority of Canadians will welcome this. I think this is a step in the right direction, as you can tell.
On October 23rd, 2012. See this statement in context.