Yes. I apologize.
Currently, section 83.221 of the Criminal Code speaks to the promotion of terrorism as opposed to the counsel of terrorism. We're back to that legal debate we had during testimony. What's the difference between the promotion of terrorism and the counselling of terrorism? I'm wondering whether it creates a duplicate law by having it changed.
We heard in testimony that it removes protections for victims of hate crimes or violence, and the only judicial decision on this, in R. v. Driver, determined that the language existing today made no change to the burden of evidence. I'm curious to know why we're replacing “promotion” with “ counselling”. It makes no sense to me. I think it actually weakens the intent of this bill. This is exactly the sort of offence that part of Bill C-59 was going to improve, and in my humble opinion, I believe the change of this language actually weakens it.
I'm curious to hear from the Department of Justice official and his backup whether you think this actually improves it. I don't want an opinion, but please explain to me why “counselling” is better language than “promotion”.