In terms of the comparison to the victims' bill of rights, the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights does not apply to the military justice system. As for the declaration of victims' rights, when we're at the clause-by-clause study at some point in the future, you'll see that the vast majority of the victims' rights, as laid out in those materials, mirror those rights that are purported in the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.
That could be said as well for the term “victim”. I point out that the Interpretation Act provides that a “person” refers to both a human and a corporation, as this committee would know. The declaration of victims' rights is not meant to apply to corporations, thereby the term “victim”.
I would say, as it is laid out clause by clause, to the extent possible, the bill does mirror in principle the rights afforded in the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights. There are some differences, and I did talk about one earlier, and that is the victim liaison officer. The victim liaison officer is designed, and the role will be outlined in regulation to assist victims to understand the nuances of the military justice system. There is no victims liaison officer, to my knowledge, called for in the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.