I mentioned this in my opening remarks. Things such as amendments that will protect victims and enhance victims' participation in the military justice system I deem to be very important. All of these measures are aimed at modernizing, and in some cases mirroring, changes that have occurred or will occur in the criminal justice system. We don't always want to ensure parity, because there is a necessity, as I spoke to earlier, for a separate and distinct military justice system, but we do want to ensure fairness. We want to ensure that members of the military, their families, the participants, are feeling that genuine efforts are being made to modernize and keep up with changes and evolution in the law.
I also note that there have been case law impacts, Trépanier and others that Mr. Harris referenced. In fact, the majority of the Lamer recommendations either have been or will be incorporated by virtue of the passage of this legislation.
So yes, those recommendations were timely back in 2003. I would suggest that some of them are now urgent in terms of their application in this bill.