Thanks, Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for coming today to talk about this issue that we all agree is very important.
Commissioner Carrique, I want to say thank you, first of all, for your enthusiastic support for Bill C-14.
I want to talk to you about two things you mentioned right off the top. One of them is the principle of restraint, and the other is the success of Bill C-48 and the monitoring component. The witness we had last week, to whom Mr. Baber just referred, is a criminal lawyer from Ontario. His evidence was that the principle of restraint is not anything new. The codification was simply a reflection of the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling, and it's been around for generations. That was his evidence. He said that it hasn't affected his practice one iota. He approaches it the same now as he always has.
Officer Wall, you referred to repealing Bill C-75. I assume you were referring to the principle of restraint. You weren't referring to the provisions dealing with gender-based violence.
First of all, Commissioner, I want to ask you this: Do you agree with that lawyer's assessment of the principle of restraint?