Okay, thank you for that.
In the proposed new paragraph 518(1)(c), you're suggesting that the third ground in the bill, here, is “to prove the fact that the accused has previously committed an offence under section 145”, which is already there in the language.
But then you're adding:
(v) to prove the fact that the accused has failed to appear in court on one or more occasions when required to do so;
It would seem to me that there is significant overlap between these two provisions, since section 145 is about failure to appear in court when required to do so. I'm wondering if you have some comment on what proposed subparagraph (v) may be referring to. I'm also wondering if it has anything to do with some evidence that the crown could adduce that a person has failed to appear in court when subject to a subpoena as a witness, or is this something else?