Mr. Speaker, I have some follow-up for my colleague about the matter of multiple murderers and others applying, in the first instance, to a superior court judge for a reduction in their parole ineligibility.
As I understand it, a royal recommendation has been attached to this bill to cover the additional administrative costs to be occasioned by the provisions of the legislation. I also understand that there will be avenues of appeal open to convicted murderers that are not open presently.
If a convicted murderer appears before a jury asking for a reduction in their parole ineligibility and the jury finds against them, there is no appeal from that. There now will be an appeal from the superior court judge. The appeal could presumably be carried all the way up to the Supreme Court. These avenues of appeal must be publicly funded.
A royal recommendation has been attached to this bill. I wonder if the member has given any consideration to the linkage between this royal recommendation and the new avenues of appeal that were not previously available to convicted killers. Can he give us some idea of what the linkage might be?