Thank you so much, Chair, and thank you to our witnesses.
We certainly wouldn't want to bring you here and tell you how the legal system is working, when it's clearly not, which is what it feels like a Liberal member just did to you. I think that's the whole point. It comes back to the same point that I asked you.
Why would a woman or anybody who's a victim, a survivor, come forward when they know nothing is going to happen, and why would an abuser stop doing that if they know there are no consequences? This is all law. Everything you've said today, Cait, makes the point that there are no consequences in this current justice system. There is nothing in place to stop someone from actively going out and murdering someone in broad daylight—in broad daylight. I don't know how much more serious we can get today, folks.
We see the Liberal member sitting across the way, saying, “Oh, well, let's go into the weeds here. Bill C-75 is doing a great job.” It's not. It's not working. People are dying. Let's cut it and do what needs to happen here.
Bill C-75 was supposed to make it better, and it has made it worse. The stats are here. Those are cold, hard facts.
I guess I would turn to Ms. Alexander again. I think one of the things people don't understand is Jordan's rule. How could you have somebody who literally “bludgeoned” you—in your words—almost to death...? You have video evidence. He was out on bail for $500 the very next day. Is that the only time he ever served?