Welcome, Minister. It's certainly a pleasure to have you here.
Minister, I can attest to the efficacy of the child advocacy centres and the wonderful work they do. I have the good fortune of having one in my riding. I just can't believe what they're doing for our youth, for our children. The whole legal system and the justice system, from police officers up, are so impressed with the impact it's having on our children. It's really nice to see. Having said that, I would encourage your department to promote in any way you can the expansion of these centres right across the country. It's so meaningful to our children.
On this victims bill of rights, it just happened that on Monday morning before I came to Ottawa I had the occasion to meet four constituents in my office. Believe it or not, two of them had been victims of crime, two out of four; it just happened that way. However, in regard to the ramifications of being victims in their particular cases—and both of them are adult men—it's just devastating to see what being the victims of these two crimes did to these people, so I can't encourage you to continue this more than that.
As for my question, maybe you could expand on the right of participation and tell us a little more about the specific changes that might be brought about by the victims bill of rights.