Ms. Pamela Arnott (Director and Senior Counsel, Policy Centre for Victim Issues, Department of Justice) at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

Thank you for your question.

I will deal with the application issue first. We chose the laws outlined in the bill because offences committed under these acts create by far the most victims in Canada. As the minister was saying, this is a first step for Canada. Based on our analysis, we determined that this bill could cover the vast majority of victims in our country.