Thanks so much.
There are various elements, and you heard my colleague take you through some of the elements. There would be charter considerations because of the change in the mens rea. There are elements of the terrorist counselling offence, as my colleague explained, merged into this proposed offence, which is closer to a counselling offence.
I would say that the committee might wish to consider—in addition to the mental element, the mens rea, in addition to the potential charter risks, and in addition to duplication and perhaps some overlap—a consistency and coherence with the existing provisions. There may be unintended consequences. We can't really necessarily speak to all of the specifics right here in this answer off the top. It would require an analysis, an assessment and further consideration to ensure the coherence and the consistency, and to perhaps dig down into what the implications would be in the Criminal Code.
