We have heard from impacted family members, survivors, that people have been able to participate sometimes through audio or teleconferencing in a sentencing proceeding, and so they appreciated that they could be involved, that they could read their impact statements and still participate in proceedings.
I think it's important that we use technology as much as we can and that courts continue to modernize and improve infrastructure to be able to bring in people from rural areas who might have to testify, who might have to give evidence, who are victims who need to participate and provide [Technical difficulty—Editor] and what have you. I know we're still not there yet, but I think, as the judge on the last panel said, that there have been improvements in terms of access to justice for some people who can now participate and for whom it may have been too difficult to get physically to a courtroom in the past.
I do see some positives that have come out of the pandemic in terms of participation and access to justice.