I agree with you that there should be more protection and definitely more knowledge not only about the workings, but also about the implications, the ins and outs of the matter. It is your committee's job to ask these questions, and I would appreciate it if you would do it. More often than not, it was taken for granted that the wise people had first thought about these things when they introduced the bill.
What happens if Parliament doesn't understand the clauses it approves? We have a problem. So not only is it up to you to do so, but I think it's your duty to ask questions and to be satisfied with the answers. I think that military members and their relatives are relying on you to pass an act after gathering as much advice and opinion on the subject as possible. It must be kept in mind that, particularly in a military context, the law follows military members overseas, whether it's in the context of a summary trial or a trial before the court martial held thousands of miles from here, without the military member being able to have access to lawyers or all the other rights that we take for granted in Canadian society.
So this act has to meet the operational needs of the armed forces and provide us with a tool to ensure good discipline. However, at the same time, we should not penalize our soldiers who are facing all kinds of risks. Military justice shouldn't be one of those risks. That justice should be established and based on a preliminary critical review. That's what you're doing, and I congratulate you on that.