I would have thought that, because the government would not adopt amendments NDP-1 and PV-1, it would have been more open to amendment PV-2.
The provision could lead to many situations where it would be difficult for crown prosecutors to move these files forward and approve them as indictments. This offence is liable to five years of imprisonment for recklessness. I can already see the debates that will arise from those concepts.
Once again, the government is playing with fire. It will just support defence mechanisms that will clog up the courts, instead of doing what it told victims it wanted to do. I think it's unfortunate this concept will not be removed, as it is probably the most criticized aspect of the first part of Bill C-13.
We will see what will come of this in the near future. I hate to say in two or three years, as that makes me feel so old. At that point, I could say, I told you so.