Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I thank the minister for his expression of support for my private member's bill, Bill C-202, on coercive and controlling behaviour. I've also been working very closely with the member for Victoria, Laurel Collins. Our commitment, as New Democrats, is that we will get this bill before this Parliament soon, one way or the other. I thank you for mentioning that.
I want to return to the issue of bail hearings directly. One of the things I hear anecdotally is that, often, those who are asked to make the decisions don't have the full information in front of them. Section 518 of the Criminal Code allows prosecutors to present evidence about previous offences and other relevant circumstances, but it doesn't require presentation of that kind of evidence.
Again, one of the suggested reforms is that we amend the Criminal Code to require in every bail hearing that the judge has in front of them information about previous offences by the person who's seeking bail. Is that the kind of thing the government would be prepared to consider in reforming the bail system?