Robert Goguen at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

This amendment proposes to amend proposed section 27 of the victims bill of rights, as introduced. It states:

Nothing in this Act is to be construed as granting any victim or individual acting on behalf of a victim the status as a party, intervenor or observer in any proceedings.

This amendment would make a minor change to proposed section 27 to ensure that it is clear that the Canadian victims bill of rights does not provide or remove any status provided to the victim under law.