I thank the witnesses for being with us today.
I think Mr. Moore and I are the only ones on the committee today who had the privilege of being in the previous Parliament, which enacted this bill. At the time, one of the few things on which there was unanimous agreement was that there should be a comprehensive review of the act and provisions five years after it came into force. Given that it was proclaimed in 2014, this review has been due to begin for the last two years. I'm not laying that on the government. I'm laying it on Parliament, that we're a bit late in starting this.
My first question has to do with whether the Department of Justice, in anticipation that this review was legislatively required, did its own research or commissioned research. The review calls for a comprehensive review of both the provisions and the operation of the act.
Did Justice commission any studies itself, or are you simply depending on other studies that happen to have been done?