Bill C-16 proposes changes to the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights that are positive changes in general, but the Victims Bill of Rights is premised on rights that are granted to victims without actual remedy. There's actually a provision in the bill of rights that says it does not grant an actual remedy where victims could sue someone if their rights are not respected. That's what we propose in our amendment. In law we sometimes say that there's no right without a remedy, which means that if you have a right but nothing happens or it's violated, then what's the point of having that right?
