On the issue of sentencing, for many victims the issue of sentencing is an extremely important issue and for others it's not.
What we want to focus on is addressing the opportunity this bill provides to allow this committee to even introduce amendments that will further enhance victims' rights under this legislation. Under the CCRA in its simplest form, victims are only allowed to have what the legislation allows CSC and the parole board to give them. There's a unique opportunity here for this committee to actually go further, to add some of the amendments that I highlighted today and that are encompassed in the reports, to even further address victims' rights and the treatment of victims within the criminal justice system.
Thank you.