I don't think, from that standpoint, passage of Bill C-60 as it stands changes much. It will permit certain adjustments, but the grapefruit will remain a grapefruit: it won't become an orange. There's really no possible comparison between the Canadian military law system and that of the Americans. I don't think we should expect there to be one. There are certain common points, but there are a lot of differences as a result of the size of the American forces and the fact that the navy, army and air force each have their own system.
A comparison can be drawn with the British, Australian, French and New Zealand forces. As regards summary trials—and the Trépanier decision talks about this—those who are subject to the code, in France, because they have committed offences in their country, are subject to civilian, not military courts. That's how it works in France. In English and Australia, the judge advocate general is not an armed forces officer, but an officer of the highest chambers of justice. He remains completely outside the Department of Justice. In England, the director of prosecutions is a lawyer at the bar, not a military officer.
It appears that the British and Australian systems have taken another tangent that, rightly or wrongly, we have not followed. That is perhaps due to the lack of critical review by a committee such as yours. Whatever the case may be, there are an increasing number of pronounced differences.