I believe it did, and I think that's the case that needs to be made.
I just want to state that when I pass this bill at this committee, and I pass this bill as part of my duties as a member of Parliament, I want this testimony to be put on the record so that if this is ever put to a test, anybody who wants to reference the minutes of the debate or any judge who wants to reference the minutes of the debate will see that the purpose of my passing this bill includes that intention.
I also want to ask you a couple of questions, Troy and Stephen, because you've both been service animal or service dog handlers at some particular point in time. We've all enjoyed the demonstrations. You talked about the demonstrations. I was in Wetaskiwin and there was a service dog out there. I used to be the ranger in charge at Red Lodge Provincial Park, which is directly west of the canine facility. I don't know if you guys were ever out there practising, but they used to come and practise on me, which was always a lot of fun. It was a great facility for doing that. That probably explains some of the crazy things I say from time to time.
I know you talked about deploying the dog in a situation where you don't know what's going to happen, and we talked about these protections. It's an awkward question for me to ask, but I have to ask it. Will the passing of this legislation embolden a handler or give the handler more confidence in deploying a dog into a potentially dangerous situation?