Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you and make submissions on this important bill.
Bill C-51 seeks to amend the Criminal Code to remove or repeal provisions that have been ruled unconstitutional or that raise issues with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as well as provisions that are obsolete or redundant.
It also modifies provisions in the Criminal Code relating to sexual assault, to clarify their application and to provide a procedure for the admissibility of records when they're in the possession of an accused person.
I'm going to do something different and start with some positive things, because there are some positive aspects of this bill.