Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here, and to the other witnesses.
Today we're talking about Bill C-40, the proposed miscarriage of justice review commission act, also called the David and Joyce Milgaard law. I want to talk a little about the facts in the Milgaard case. You referred to them already, Minister.
He served 23 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. That was definitely a miscarriage of justice. It was a tragic story, but he and his mother Joyce stuck to their guns. It wasn't until new evidence became available that there was a review. Without that new evidence, there likely never would have been a review.
Under this new regime of having a commission instead of applications managed through your ministry, Minister, how would the Milgaard case have been treated differently? Today, is there still a requirement that there be new evidence presented that wasn't available at trial?