Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today, particularly Ms. Galt. Your testimony today was very captivating. These are things that legislators need to hear. We have all these laws we keep in place, but we don't always keep in mind the people who suffer because of some of these acts, so I appreciate your being here today.
Among other things, Bill C-54 would create a new scheme for the courts to designate certain not criminally responsible individuals as high-risk mentally disordered accused. This order would then be made on application by the crown in cases in which mentally disordered individuals were found to have committed a serious personal injury offence. When one of these designations is made by the court, provincial review boards would be required to order a custodial disposition, with the condition that the person not be granted unescorted passes in the community. The existing mandatory review period of 12 months could—and I believe in the legislation it says “may”—be extended by the review board up to 36 months for those designated as high-risk MDA.
First of all, Ms. Galt, I believe you mentioned to Mr. Wilks that you're in support of that. I'd also like Mr. Teixeira to answer that.