I think it's very important for crowns to inform victims as soon as possible about pleas. I think Joe did a really good job in his presentation when he talked about how it makes a difference for people. Maybe they don't necessarily agree with the decision, or with the lesser sentence that is being offered, but they will be happy that there is a conviction. If the crown takes a few minutes—perhaps an hour is not necessary, but a few minutes—to explain why this has been done, and why it's in the interests of justice to do this and to proceed this way, it makes a huge difference for people; it's positive.
I think crowns can certainly do a better job of this on a daily basis and use their victims services, for victim witnesses and people and personnel, to do this. We should expect that this is part of the job nowadays in the criminal justice system.