Well, Mr. Dryden, it's a difficult question. As I said early on, I defer to the Judge Advocate General on technical matters of law, but as a leader, I share your concern with these questions. As a leader, it is critically important to me to do what is fair and right for the men and women under my command, and I am as seized of the importance of protecting their rights and seized of the importance of protecting the collective rights of the men and women in uniform as you are.
I believe that we need to be careful when we look at special circumstances and not be self-serving when we identify special circumstances, but I think most would agree that in the case of a military force there are circumstances in which provision of access, for example, to swift and appropriate justice may be a challenge in a Canadian context, so we need to provide a context for that for our people.
Also, when the circumstances and the expectations may be different, we need to make those clear to our people. At the end of the day, we need a system of justice that supports discipline and morale in a military force that meets the requirements of the Government of Canada and the expectations of Canadians.
These are challenging questions, and they're good questions to ask ourselves on an ongoing basis. I believe we have found a very good balance, in the amendments to the military justice system that we have been making for some time now, in recognizing the charter rights of our people and in amending the way we go about administering justice on an ongoing basis, the way we deal with procedural fairness, and the way we deal with the involvement and the independence of policing functions, of courts, and of summary trials. I think we were mindful in all that we have amended as we have gone forward, and in everything we do we are mindful of these rights.
I'm not sure that answers your question.