Mr. Chair, through you to the witnesses, thank you for being here.
My first question would be for Mr. McCormack.
Let me just say that 43 years ago when I was a young rookie officer dealing with victims, especially victims of domestic assault, and I think you would be familiar with this, because policing is in your family history, a woman—usually it was a woman—even with black eyes and serious injuries would have been told by a police officer after she was removed from a residence that she would be given an opportunity, and the police would assist her, to swear information before a justice of the peace, but the police wouldn't.
Would you agree with me that today, some 43 years later, we have vastly improved in that, in especially domestic assault but other assaults also, not only would the perpetrator be arrested and have a bail hearing but assistance would be given to the victims through victim services, etc.? Would you also agree with me that with regard to treatment of victims throughout the whole system, particularly now dealing with Bill C-483, we just need to go the extra mile to balance the scales so that it is at least equal? Would you agree with me? Would you make some comments in that regard?