Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you very much for bringing forth this important piece of legislation. Obviously, this plays right into our theme of wanting to give the victims a voice and basically balancing the interests of victims versus those of the offenders.
I'm very pleased to hear that the Liberal Party agrees with the intent of the bill, but this is not a statistical exercise. Frankly, isn't it enough if one person is victimized? Ask yourself, what if that one person happened to be your child? Enough said.
You've obviously put an awful lot of study into this issue. I'm wondering if you could share with us what your study has revealed. What are the types of damages that are caused, whether they be psychological, physical, or even monetary, by incidents like those you're trying to cure?