Thank you, Mr. Leef, for coming today.
Certainly I understand and share your concerns with regard to FASD from my tenure as a police officer for over 20 years and what I will define as a revolving door for those who are put into the system. As you said, a lot of them don't hit federal time, or for that matter long periods of time.
What I do want to hear from you is on some of your personal experience with regard to FASD while you were in the correctional service, what was available and not available, and the frustrations you had.
Then, if I could, just quickly, with regard to what was said by the opposition.... I haven't had an opportunity to read the 2006 report, but I follow the Criminal Code and read it closely. I know, having done some research here quickly, that there's a Supreme Court case, Regina v. Gray, and under section 672.12 of the Criminal Code at the time, the judge quashed a request by crown counsel to have a person looked at from a medical perspective in regard to FASD. Every time the court will quash it, even though the crown applies for it, because they say you're tromping on victims' rights when it comes to doctor-client privilege.
I would ask you to speak to that as well, but certainly your own personal experience.