Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First and foremost, thank you to all the witnesses.
Thank you for coming to meet with us.
Certainly there's a diversity of opinion, and it's by getting that diversity of opinion and drawing out the best elements of it that possibly we'll be able to improve this bill. As you all know, it's destined to give the victims an important place in the judicial system, so that they are not to be dragged along as a simple piece of evidence in testimony but be treated sympathetically to perhaps alleviate some of their fears and make them more apt to testify about the wrongdoing perpetrated against them.
I will first address Mr. Tremblay and Mr. Fortier.
I'd like to get Ms. Jong's comments and then Ms. Walker's.
We have talked about delays in the consultation process. We have repeatedly been told that victims were very concerned by those delays. You talked about trials within a reasonable time frame.
Can you tell us why the delays are causing frustrations and problems for victims, and what the consequences of the delays are?