Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
This amendment specifies that the experts on whose examinations of the accused a high-risk finding may be based are to be medical experts. In other words, Mr. Chairman, the list of factors in proposed subsection 672.64(2) is open-ended, but serves to give the courts a sense of the kind of evidence they should be considering when deciding whether to designate an individual as high risk. As such, it's important to specify that any examination of the accused is to be part of a medically sound and evidence-based evaluation of risk.
Mr. Chairman, in my view, this addition not only helps decision-makers by encouraging them to seek expert advice, but it also helps ensure that their determinations are grounded in the best available evidence.