Thanks to each of our officials for being here today.
I just want to say that I'm always very impressed with the quality of the professionalism of our public servants and officials who appear before our committee. I want to thank each of you for the good work you do every day on behalf of Canadians.
My first question is for Ms. Morency. It's good to see you again.
I know that you worked very significantly on the victims bill of rights. When the victims bill of rights was being considered, a number of victims groups mentioned that they would like to see victims have some kind of standing in criminal court proceedings, perhaps to be able to participate in plea bargain discussions and things of that nature.
I wonder if you could tell us what problems, if any, you saw in granting such standing to victims. What impact would it have had and what would the positions have been of the provinces if something like that had been included?