Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, General, and your colleagues, for being here today.
As you know, we also have Bill C-45, which was introduced in the House in October 2007. In the decision that was made in the Trépanier case, the court noted at the time that this issue--which has been around for a while, and certainly came up again in the Nystrom case on fairness in section 165.14--could have been addressed at that time.
Are you able to respond to the issue of why we wouldn't have simply dealt with it at that time, given that there's now some urgency to the passing of this legislation?