Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to start by thanking all of our witnesses today for sharing their experiences as victims with us. I know we've talked about retraumatization in the court process, but I think as members of the committee we also acknowledge that your appearing here today is also part of that. I trust and hope that you have supports in place for that retraumatization that's almost inevitable.
I don't think any of us who haven't experienced it directly can fully understand the weight that comes with that, but I do want to thank all of you for trying to take that experience and turn it into something positive and turn it into positive change. I know from some of the victims I've dealt with that one of the things that's helped them move forward is trying to make sure that people don't experience the same thing they did.
My thanks here are really very sincere.
One of the suggestions we've heard already in this study is that we should move from victims having to request information to a system where information is delivered mandatorily. Some people have said there would be problems with that and that some victims might not appreciate it.
I'll start with Ms. Gold, just for practical reasons here for a second.
Do you think there's any problem, from the victim's point of view, with a mandatory notification?