I guess my question is, why are we amending this bill so heavily and pulling out critical terms that consult victims and protect victims? We've had victim testimony that specifically asked for this to be passed unamended.
We also had Keira's law, Bill C-233, for which we did some pretty amazing work in this committee. Keira's stepfather, who's a lawyer, testified in this committee and said to leave the bill as is.
Diane Tremblay, who testified here at meeting 86, said the following:
If my abuser had been required to wear an electronic bracelet under a recognizance order pursuant to section 810 of the Criminal Code, as proposed in Senator Boisvenu's bill, my children and I would have been safer and I wouldn't have had to go through these attempted murders. Believe me, you don't emerge unhurt from an attempted murder. You suffer the after-effects for life.
She went on to say, along with the other—