I'll answer that.
First of all, I think that it's better to have a program, and it's better to have the legislation than not to have the legislation. I was particularly interested in reading the transcript of when you had three police officers before you, and you asked them about the effectiveness of the program, and two of them said that on a scale of 1 to 10, they would give an 8 or a 9. Well, that's from their perspective. I think that if we're looking at it from the perspective of my clients, they'd be hard pressed to give a 1 or a 2.
But let's put it this way. I see a lot of room for improvement. I'm glad we have the legislation. I support the legislation, but I also support a lot of amendments, and I think that it is you people who should be making the amendments based upon evidence you've heard before you. The trouble is, I don't think you've had enough evidence, or enough meaningful evidence.
I don't know how someone goes and studies the system in Scotland and says they're not as good as we are, or they're not as far ahead. How do we know where we stand when we can't get a grasp of exactly or essentially what's happening in Canada? Maybe we should have Canada and the program here studied rather than looking abroad. There is nothing wrong with looking abroad, but at least you need a benchmark of what's going on here.