Minister, earlier my colleague, Mr. Wilks, mentioned the Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act. In his prior life as an RCMP officer, obviously he had to engage with a variety of situations. I was a martial arts instructor for a number of years.
In your earlier comments you talked about how important it is that people have a good understanding of what the law is and about making things more user friendly. I certainly don't encourage anyone to take any vigilante kind of action or put themselves at risk, but one of the things I found in my experience was.... I would talk to police officers, judges, etc., and ask them what reasonable self-defence is. I would just point out that giving people workable certainty as to what the law is and how they can protect themselves is empowering and helpful.
Mr. Chair, you've been helpful by giving me the time to finish talking, so I want to thank you.