Thank you, Madam Chair.
I think amendment LIB‑1 is a good one, and, like Mr. Garrison, I think we need to ensure that no one is deprived of legitimate remedy solely because he or she can't afford to challenge a ruling in an appellate court or the Supreme Court. Having said that, I also think Mr. Caputo and Mr. Moore's argument is valid. I admit I hadn't seen that.
Unless Mr. Housefather can explain to me how this isn't the case, I think we would be surreptitiously inserting wording that would enable people to decide, following an unfavourable judgment at the trial level, whether they wish to appeal from the court's decision or file a miscarriage of justice application. We all agree that's not what we want, and we have to find a way to make sure people don't have that option. It's the appellate courts' job to review trial-level judgments. I don't think the Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission should have to do that work.
Consequently, I wonder if Mr. Housefather would have anything to propose to prevent that, without necessarily requiring that people have first challenged a ruling in an appellate court or the Supreme Court before filing a miscarriage of justice application.