Mr. Chair, we've had interesting conversations about this. You always bring us food for thought.
Look, I'm not a legal expert and I'm not here to try to say that I am. I will leave it to the committee to decide that. What I'm telling you today is that we have people who don their uniform each and every day. I think common sense has to come into play here. We have people who don their uniform each and every day just to serve you, your family and my family. In the course of doing so, there are violent acts that are being taken against them. They've been hunted, they've been shot and they've been stabbed. Why does a paramedic have to wear a bulletproof vest at this point?
It's a good question, but do we run the risk of making this bill so watered down or so.... Again, I'm not combative. I'm just saying that I guess the question is, when does common sense come into play? Again, I'll leave it to the committee to make those deliberations.