Thank you, Mr. Chair.
What this clause would do is strike down the language eliminating peremptory challenges. The reason we're introducing this as an amendment rather than simply voting against the clause is that the clause does more than one thing. We support part of the clause, but we object to the other part of the clause that would eliminate peremptory challenges.
While I certainly recognize the sensitivity around the representativeness of the composition of juries, there was a fair bit of evidence that peremptory challenges are an important tool to increasing the representativeness of juries. Moreover, there was a fair bit of evidence before the committee that the system isn't broken.
On that basis, we think that, at the very least, further study and further consideration is required before eliminating peremptory challenges.