Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. MacKenzie, for bringing forward your remarks on this particular bill.
I do say in beginning, Mr. Chair, that I have somewhat the same concern as expressed by Mr. Garrison about the number of private member's bills that are coming forward by backbench Conservative members that all have an impact on either the Criminal Code or the corrections act. Sometimes I think they're in contradiction.
The last bill we had, C-479, was actually a bill designed to reduce the number of Parole Board hearings, and we didn't hear from the Parole Board in that case. We should have. This one increases the number of Parole Board hearings.
I just think from a government member's perspective, it would make more sense to tie all this stuff together, all these conditions that people are looking for private member's bills on and bring them forward in a comprehensive way. The last two private member's bills we studied had more amendments than clauses. I submit that for the last one—C-479—I think we actually amended it so that we changed the intent of the bill. That's a concern I have, just so that you're aware.
In terms of the specifics of this bill, can you tell us how many cases across Canada this would actually apply to?