Thank you for that.
You're quite right that Parliament, not judges, makes laws. You cited victims at the end of your last comments. At the end of your testimony you noted that nowhere in Bill C-5 is the word “victim” mentioned. Nowhere in the Bill C-5 backgrounder on the Department of Justice website is the word “victim” mentioned. Indeed, it's [Technical difficulty—Editor] that we ever hear members on that side utter the word “victim”. In the six and a half years that I've been a member of Parliament I've talked to many victims. Almost all of them have been very disappointed with the approach that this government has taken in terms of their disregard for the rights of victims.
Do you have any comments on that? Would you wish to expand upon the comment you made at the close of your opening statement?