I think the problem with the language is that, if your intention is to protect complainants to deal with what's already been referenced, the under-reporting of incidents of sexual violence, making complainants feel like the process is more fair to them, I can't actually think of a scenario where you also need to extend that protection to a witness—a complainant is a witness, but a particular category of witnesses—for any of the purposes that have been articulated for this legislation.
That is precisely the problem. As drafted, it would apply to everybody. It would apply to police officers, family members of complainants, the friends who were with complainants earlier in the evening when something.... There are all sorts of people who testify in criminal trials, and as drafted it would apply to everybody. I cannot think of a scenario where you would need to extend that protection to address the goals and objectives that have been set out for this legislation.