Thank you.
No, Mr. Housefather's points are well taken, Madam Chair, because as was just mentioned, and it's important for us to know this....
I have a number of questions about NDP-1, but since you have ruled that if NDP-1 passes LIB-1 drops, it's impossible not to look at them together. Obviously, we would only want to go with one or the other—or neither, depending on our views of the legislation.
Turning now to our departmental officials and focusing on NDP-1, because that's the one we're on, a lot has been said about exhausting appeal. We heard witness testimony on that. There are, I think, significant public policy reasons and interests to not gum up our justice system and to not create a parallel justice system where someone could say, “Oh, I was convicted. Do I go the appeal route? Do I go the 'I was wrongfully convicted' route or 'I had a miscarriage of justice' route?” Lawyers would be advising their clients on which would be the most advantageous route to take.
Could the departmental officials maybe walk us through how NDP-1 would change Bill C-40 and maybe how it compares to LIB-1, if you're prepared to do that? I wouldn't want to think that LIB-1 was better or worse while we're considering NDP-1.
Could you just walk us through first the effect of NDP-1, as you understand it?