Thank you, Chair.
I want to express my congratulations to you for doing this wonderful work. I also want to thank you for the work that you've done, because I know it's not easy to be a victims' advocate. I too have been a victims' advocate for many years, and continue to be, in my role as a parliamentarian.
I want to correct a couple of things.
As my learned friend Mr. Norlock pointed out, the newspapers will publish the bad news. If it bleeds, it leads. I would hate it if anyone left here talking about Homolka. It was not a story that was put out by government, the opposition, or any of the parliamentarians here, sir. It's a story made by media. It is a picture taken by media. It's the impression they have left on the national victims of crime week.
I certainly agree with you that it's not the message we want to leave during this very important week. If I had the power to erase it, I certainly would, but I would not want anyone to think it came about as a result of anything that anyone here did. I think all of my friends would agree that isn't what we think of when we think about victims.
However, in response to Mr. Davies, you said something about victims not really having any sense that the sentence or the punishment helps them in any way. I want to offer you an opportunity to amend or correct that. When you answered Mr. Davies, did I hear correctly when you said victims really don't care about the sentences?