I wanted to raise the argument that Mr. Comartin just raised, that the accused at the time was under another sytem. I'll admit to you quite frankly that, if I were defending an accused under the old system and was told that the accused was to be prosecuted under the old system, not the new, as defence attorney, I would object to that and would definitely institute proceedings to correct the situation.
Another thing can poison the matter, in my opinion. Under the old system, there were four courts martial. There could be accuseds prosecuted before one court martial that, under Bill C-60, no longer exists. If I were a defence counsel, I would definitely say that Bill C-60 has just cancelled two courts martial because they thought there were too many and want to judge my client under an old court martial that no longer exists under the new Bill C-60. That's another argument for deleting clause 28. Everyone has to be governed by the same act. Otherwise, I think you'll have problems. You wanted to solve a problem, but you may be causing a bigger one, in my opinion. So, thus far, I'm in favour of deleting clause 28.