I appreciate the first point in particular that my friend Ms. Khalid made.
The issue of jury pools was one that Justice Iacobucci, doing a report for the Ontario government, spent a great deal of time on. I concede immediately that the administration of justice, and hence the selection of jurors, is entirely a provincial matter.
I'm not prepared, Mr. Chair, to leave this to the provinces. I'm not prepared to believe that Premier Ford is going to run with this particular amendment any time soon. I think the travesty that we saw in Saskatchewan this past year led a lot of people to do some sober soul-searching on what to do in the circumstances. Now, I'm not convinced either—as to her second point—that delay would necessarily occur. As soon as we have a system in which this kind of provision is in place, I'm sure the people responsible for the administration of justice—prosecutors, sheriffs, etc.—will rise to the occasion.
That's the reason I'm not prepared to simply say that the provinces will fix it. They haven't, and I don't think they will any time soon.