Mr. Chair, I must say I wish I could have voted, because Madam Boivin's motion was so important. It's terribly sad that people don't really have the right.
But moving on to my third amendment, this is an attempt to expand on request the kinds of information that the victim would be informed, in terms of the specificity of what's available to them.
Currently under proposed section 6 under paragraph (b), the victim “has the right, on request, to information...about services and programs available to them as a victim,” but the only specific mention is of a restorative program. My amendment would expand that to include “relevant restorative justice, social services, family services and mental health programs as recommended by a needs assessment performed by an appropriate professional”.
That would allow the information rights of the victim to be based also on advice from appropriate professionals to tailor the information and the needs of that victim and give them greater information about existing services.
Thank you.