I'd like to turn to Mr. Elliott.
In that same section 518, the crown would now have to lead evidence regarding the circumstances of the alleged offence to be considered. Do you see that causing any delay? I know we can talk about criminal records and how producing failures to appear may be easy, but can you respond to what Mr. Trudell said?
If we now put an onus on the crown to have to show or demonstrate what the circumstances of the offence were, even in cases where normally that wouldn't be a ground that the crown would rely on, the onus is now on them to show this evidence before the court. Do you see that causing any delay with regard to producing that information? If it does cause delay, what happens to the accused in the meantime if he has to come back for a bail hearing the next day? Is he released in the meantime?