Chair, I'm not sure if this is the appropriate place in which to make this observation, but you'll recall the evidence we heard from Mr. DelBigio and Mr. Fowler of the criminal defence lawyers association where they talked about the need for this to be amended to say rather than “reasonable but mistaken”, “honest but mistaken”, and they said that, as I recall, for a couple of reasons. The first was that “honest” is a subjective determination and they thought that given that this is a defence to first-degree murder, it made sense that it be changed in that way.
I realize it doesn't go exactly where my colleague wants it to go but I thought I'd use this as an opportunity to put it out. I would be voting against the amendment as presented.