Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you for being with us, Ms. O'Sullivan. I know that we've talked about these issues in the past.
I'd like to refer to your report on this issue, Shifting the Conversation. Your special report makes several recommendations, one of which is that the amount of the federal victim surcharge should be doubled. I'm wondering how you arrived at this recommendation.
I know that your report refers to a 2005-06 study by the New Brunswick Department of Justice, but in that study by the New Brunswick Department of Justice, the responses were of a different variation. There were those who said there should not even be a victim surcharge when there was an inability to pay, and there were differences as to what the amount should be.
My question is this: was there any consultation on your part with provincial and territorial Attorneys General? Did they make any recommendation with regard to that? I say that because I recall that at the time, in 2005, the recommendation that I remember is from the then Manitoban Minister of Justice, Mr. Chomiak. His recommendation was that it be increased to 20%, not 30%, so I'm just wondering how we arrived at the figure of 30%.