I want to thank all the witnesses for being here. It's been compelling testimony.
Mr. Fowler, in your commentary, essentially what you're saying is Bill C‑11 deprives victims of choice and deprives the accused of access to justice. It's depriving the military police, the Canadian Forces national investigation service, the defence counsel services, the Canadian Armed Forces prosecutor's office and the JAG of opportunities to expand their skills and get more repetition to get better at what they do, and it fails to improve accountability of leadership.
Is this just an exercise, then, in passing the buck by pushing this problem off onto the civilian courts, so that leadership and the minister himself can just say that it's not their problem anymore?