But in your opinion...? The point that I'm trying to get across is.... The witness we had in a prior committee, the national director for the Canadian Centre for Elder Law, was shocked, actually, and said what they found was that the age of the victim was rarely mentioned in terms of decisions about appropriate sentencing. That was the biggest surprise for us. The person from this centre was actually very concerned that age was not a factor in sentencing.
Actually, I would like to ask Dr. Beaulieu as well what her comments on that would be. Would you consider that a senior woman, being older in regard to physical health and well-being, would be a more vulnerable person compared to someone who is maybe in their thirties or forties and who is a victim of an abusive situation? Would you classify them as being vulnerable members of our society?