Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Professor Sheehy, you probably know that, in June 2022, Professor Parent, a Université de Montréal professor, said that it may be necessary to expand the definition. According to him, limiting the defence to extreme intoxication does not take into account other states of intoxication that are not necessarily extreme, but that cause a person to completely lose touch with reality, such as psychosis.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Is Professor Parent right to be concerned that the definition of extreme intoxication is too narrow and that it does not cover cases where an individual cites the absence of mens rea owing to psychosis as a defence?