Thank you. I didn't realize I had an opportunity for a question. I'm so happy that I do.
Ms. Ouellette, thank you for being here. Your testimony has been very helpful for the committee in talking about victims of sexual assault.
You highlighted the trauma that victims have to go through when testifying in court, and that perhaps a better way to conduct criminal trials would be to shift the burden of proof away from the Crown, the other way around. A couple of my colleagues have pointed out that this would be a significant change from our tradition in the way we run criminal trials.
My question is whether there would be a middle way or a third option so that, at the victim's choice, the trial might be focused on restorative justice rather than a criminal conviction.