My impression, until this moment, based on statements that have been made publicly by your colleagues, was that the Conservative Party of Canada has long supported the use of reverse onuses to help improve the decisions in the bail system.
I believe it has had a positive impact, to some degree, in Bill C-48, and that the changes proposed here will have a further positive impact. In addition to the reverse onuses, we're also changing how bail is operated, not just by providing clearer direction on the principle of restraint, but also in looking at the tertiary ground of bail, which is ensuring there is public confidence in the system by looking at not only the seriousness but the number of offences that a person has put in place.
To just take a step back, even if we get bail reform perfect, we also need to make investments in the front line and upstream in communities to help reduce crime over time. There is no silver bullet.