Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen. I will start off with my colleague, Mr. Cooper.
It's a proud moment for you, Mr. Cooper. It's a proud moment for me to consider you a colleague. Tremendous work went into this private member's bill. You should be very proud of your advocacy on this issue.
I want to ask a couple of questions, just so I have this clear in my mind. I took a look at the language under the new exception to the jury's secrecy rule. There is a phrase that gives me a bit of concern. Perhaps you can shed some more light on it. With respect to the concept of speaking to a medical or psychiatric official or a therapist, or to getting counselling after the completion of the trial—I wasn't here four years ago when this was debated and discussed—can you provide some sense as to the legal definition of that? We all know that after verdict could mean after trial, or is it after sentencing? Quite often there's a significant passage of time between verdict and sentencing. What was contemplated, and how are we to interpret that language in this bill?