When it comes to police discretion, it's not a matter of challenging police officers' discretionary power in the fight against crime—in other words, the pursuit of an individual who will potentially be charged.
However, when we talk about discretionary power in the context of a victims bill of rights, what do we mean? That is why I asked who suggested this clause at the end of one of the paragraphs in my brief. What does it mean to define the discretionary power of the police and the Crown in the context of victim protection and rights provision?
If the legislator does not speak in vain—which is also a rule of law—and we apply this principle within the victims' rights framework, what does that mean? What does it mean for a police officer or a Crown prosecutor to exercise a discretionary power, not toward a criminal or an individual under investigation, but toward a victim?
The target is no longer the criminal or a criminal organization, but rather the victim. So what are you trying to say? In other words, I simply suggest that the legislator provide concrete examples of how this discretion will be exercised in the case of victims.
I'll leave it at that. If police officers and crown prosecutors want to hold a debate on this, they can go ahead, but they should do so outside the framework of the bill of rights.