Thank you.
I think Mr. Davies makes a good point in that some of the offences should not necessarily be automatically included, but I do not support this particular amendment. If you look at proposed section 490.012, exactly where this would be added, the effect would be to put an onus on the court, so that the court perhaps would not order automatic inclusion for any of these most serious offences.
In paragraph (a), offences in relation to sexual offences against children, you have child pornography, you have aggravated sexual assault. You have, in proposed paragraph (c) rape, attempt to commit rape. Under paragraph (c.1) you have sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon, aggravated sexual assault. The effect of this amendment would be to not provide automatic mandatory inclusion as a possibility for any of these serious offences if this test could be met.
So I think that's wrong. I think the witnesses spoke to the fact that one of the greatest problems was that we did not have automatic mandatory inclusion. Because these most serious offences are included, I believe this should not be supported.