Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Justice Bastarache.
I would just start by saying I'm frankly shocked at the lack of support for victims of crime at all stages in all ways everywhere in this country, and in many ways what strikes me is that your report is also, in fact, touching on a lack of support for victims of crime in many instances. When you cite cases of rape and assault, no wonder there's a lack of trust and confidence when there have been 15 reports saying that over 30 years these kinds of things have been happening.
I would say I agree with your report's comment in the executive summary that it's well past time for the Government of Canada to take meaningful and radical action, and no wonder there's a conclusion that it seems that change cannot come from within.
I hope that this is a reasonable question. Can you tell us if there has been a private response to you or a response that gives you confidence regarding actual concrete actions for change from the person who is literally accountable to every single one of us, the Minister of Public Safety?