Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank the witnesses for being here today and for their very valuable testimony.
Certainly, part of the agreement to act quickly, for me, was contingent on holding these hearings, so I think many of us around this table understood that we were acting quickly and would not have agreed to taking that quick action without the guarantee that we were coming back to look at this more carefully. I think you're already demonstrating today why that was necessary.
On the question of the vacuum created, I have just one question. Did it do anything to fill the vacuum by requiring the accused to prove or provide expert evidence that they were in a state of extreme intoxication in order to try to avail themselves of this defence? Was that any sort of improvement?