Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
My question is to Professor Bala with regard to restorative justice. Being involved in one of the first restorative justice programs in 1996-97, back in Sparwood, British Columbia, with Jake Bouwman and Glen Purdy, I saw the great benefits to first-time offenders being diverted from youth court into a restorative justice system.
For those who are put in front of the courts and are convicted, do you see a benefit to providing a segment of that restorative justice system so that part of the sentencing would also require the accused to go in front of the victims, in certain cases where the victims' families feel comfortable, to provide some form of explanation to the victims, even if they are convicted?