Thank you.
Yes, when we examine the international situation, we see that it has worked in Spain and it is also being considered in France and Australia. That is why, in Quebec, it is part of a continuum of services for victims. So it is more than a recommendation; I think there are over 90 recommendations in the “Rebâtir la confiance” report. It is a full range, but it includes this measure. Obviously, it has to be expanded.
We know that subclause 1(2) of the bill amends the Criminal Code to add having the accused wear an electronic monitoring device to the list of conditions set out in subsection 515(4) that may also be included in an interim release order: release on bail. There has also been a study by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights on this subject. I know that my colleague, the justice critic, has also studied this issue in that committee. Judges may therefore already consider ordering that a bracelet be worn, but now we are told that its use must be expanded and that is what this bill means to do.
Ms. Coyle, apart from the experiments underway in Quebec and abroad and the study of the subject conducted by the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, do you see other possibilities for improvement? What would you add to the continuum of services? Are there things that should not be left out?