Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to move to proposed paragraph 4(2)(b) in the bill we're studying, which says:
a person is ineligible to apply for a record suspension if he or she has been convicted of
(b) more than three offences each of which either was prosecuted by indictment or is a service offence
The point is that this bill would say that anybody convicted of more than three indictable offences would be forever barred from applying for a pardon.
I'd like to ask about the situation where someone in their early twenties one night gets involved in a transaction that results in multiple convictions. Someone steals a car, gets impaired, and hits someone who gets injured.
Would you agree with me that it's possible that someone could have three convictions by indictment early on in their life who may benefit from a pardon?