I think part of Mr. Rankin's argument was that, because of dual charging, spouses often end up with convictions that they should not have had, and therefore, the reverse onus is a problem; however, I think the problem here isn't the idea that they have convictions that they should never have had. The problem is not the reverse onus in this case. It's whether or not they should have had these convictions in the first place.
Mr. Rankin's argument asks us to discount the finding of a previous process of a court, which found this person guilty of an offence. Whether they should have been convicted or not is really not up to the process at this point. It's a problem of the previous conviction. In any case, I can't support this amendment.