The example I'm going to give you may be a bit different, but when we amended the Civil Code of Quebec all of these committees had done their homework. That can go quickly enough, but afterwards all of the crown attorneys have to be involved. You may have a crown attorney committee, a committee with members from police forces, and so on. All of these people have to be involved. This cannot be done overnight.
I remember the time it took for this to go through all of the lawyers who were affected by the reform of the Civil Code or that of the Quebec Code of Civil Procedure. That is the case for any reform that is going to have a significant impact.
Are you claiming that bill of rights will not have much of an impact, and that there is no problem? I think that if the government introduced this bill of rights it is because it considers that it will have a positive impact.
In order for that to happen, all of the stakeholders have to be on the same wavelength and have the same tempo. Before all of the courts, judges and so on are informed and ready to apply the bill of rights, a lot of education is going to have to take place. This is not a matter of sending a simple memo to the judiciary letting them know that they are to take note, for instance, that as of March 30, 2015, there will be some changes. Anyone who works in this field knows that this cannot be done simply with memos and committees. There must be a transition period.
I find it extremely optimistic to think that all of this will be ready in time. You also have to remember that we are raising the expectations of victims. Victims are expecting to see results and they are the ones I am thinking of. As for the rest, if you seriously believe that in three months everything will be operational at all provincial levels and throughout the Canadian court system, I am not going to say anything further except perhaps to wish you good luck with that.
