I do think that we need to ensure that survivors—and in the context of the criminal system, they're legally called “complainants”—do have access to that independent legal advice and are given proper information throughout from the Crown prosecution service, and from the victim/witness assistance program and equivalents outside the province of Ontario as well, to ensure they have a working knowledge of exactly what they're going into and exactly what this process is going to look like so that they can make informed decisions and informed preparations along the way.
On October 31st, 2022. See this statement in context.