Thank you for the question. The Criminal Code of Canada would be amended. It would apply to every jurisdiction across Canada, and sentencing judges would be required to consider this. At this point they're not required to consider the impact on the victim.
The initial thought with the bill was that this bubble zone would be required, but that would remove the discretion of the courts. That would be one extreme. At this point they're not required to consider the victim. That's what exists now, which is, I believe, one extreme of the paradigm. Requiring the courts to do this would be the other extreme. I think the balance in the middle would be that courts and the administrative bodies after the courts would all be required to consider the impact on the victim. Right now the victims do not have to be considered.