Thank you very much, Mr. Berkes, for reminding us of the impacts of mandatory minimum sentences, something that my party has long advocated for removing, and giving discretion back to judges in those cases.
I want to ask you about another recommendation from the ombudsman, and that is her recommendation 13, in which she suggests replacing restitution in the act with the broader concept of reparations. Her argument, which is one I have heard, is that many victims of crime aren't looking for financial compensation, even though they may have suffered losses. They're looking for more symbolic or systemic changes in the form of reparations.
Is the Bar Association supportive of expanding that concept to reparations, rather than the narrower concept of restitution?