Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Sapers.
That was extremely interesting, albeit a little discouraging too. You reviewed the implications of the Gladue case very well. The reality does not seem to correspond to what was anticipated at the time. We are now studying Bill C-583, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder). We are just studying it in broad terms.
You are aware of the recommendations that the Canadian Bar Association has made, starting in 2010, about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). The association came back to the issue in 2013 with five very specific recommendations dealing with what correctional services must do. You say that definition perhaps should be broader, and I understand that, but we have to start somewhere because the situation just seems to be becoming more tragic.
Before you made your presentation, you were surely aware of the bill Mr. Leef has introduced, Bill C-583.
Do you think that the bill could help to improve the situation?