Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the minister for being here.
I've said before that I think we have three different levels of concern that we're talking about with the bail system. Obviously, we're talking about legitimate public concern about violent offenders who reoffend while on bail. We're also talking about a lot of low-level repeat offences, or what I call public order offences, that legitimately threaten some people's safety. The third one, which I don't think we talk about, is the overrepresentation of marginalized people, including indigenous people, in detention before trial. In six minutes, I can't ask you about all three. I think we'll get lots of other witnesses who can talk about how the lack of mental health programs and addiction programs causes a lot of the low-level public order offences, so I want to ask you about the other two.
In terms of your openness to creating more reverse-onus offences, one that strikes me that currently does not have reverse onus is the unlawful possession of a firearm, along with ammunition, that is restricted and prohibited. In common language, having a loaded prohibited or restricted gun in public is not a reverse-onus offence. Would the government be prepared to add that to the list of reverse onuses for bail?