Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you and welcome to all our witnesses.
We started this study and it's been a couple of meetings now. The witnesses we have encountered have really spoken to how technical the law is, particularly when we're talking about the criminal law and those particular sections of it, and how it affects people. Thank you very much for coming to aid us in our deliberation as we study the afterthought of this.
Ms. Jules, I have questions based on where you left off. You began by saying that Manitoba is urging the government to act. In fact, there was an urgency in that there was a gap left in the system when the decision was made at the Supreme Court of Canada. Then you went further and recognized, which I actually very much appreciated, that there's always a balance that needs to be made when making policy and when creating laws, a balance between the justice system needing to respond but also recognizing certain realities that we have in our society.
I think you left off by trying to propose how you believe, or how Manitoba believes, you can still get convictions. You were not able to complete that. Would you mind starting us off by going back to where you left off and talking to us about that, please?