As for why the definitions don't line up completely, that came as a result of consultation. The view was that since there is a state torture law on the books in Canada, my proposal would have to differ from that in some substantive and meaningful way. If that has created a higher burden, then that is obviously problematic. It will be up to the committee, I hope, to look at rectifying that.
As I mentioned before, I will be distributing a suggested change that I think will overcome that problem.