Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for appearing today on this important study.
My question is for Mr. Curtis.
Thank you for appearing and talking about your experience as we consider this next chapter in Canada.
I think a couple of things distinguish us from your experience. I'd like your comment on this.
Currently, as the previous witness just mentioned, there's a test that a miscarriage of justice “likely” occurred. That's something that the minister currently would have to consider with the support of specialized individuals within the Department of Justice.
This bill, in addition to creating this new commission, also introduces what could be a much lower threshold: that a miscarriage of justice “may” have occurred, and when I look at that by definition—“a miscarriage of justice may have occurred”—it could probably apply to almost any case.
In my understanding of your system, if you could expand on it, it's that in order for there to be a miscarriage of justice review.... In our case, there's no requirement for new evidence and there's no requirement of a new legal argument, but that is the case in your system. Could you expand on that a bit? What is the threshold that would trigger your looking into one of these cases?