Mr. Speaker, first, I want to congratulate my colleagues who spoke before me, particularly my colleague from Joliette, for his most relevant presentation that has us thinking about what we should have done much earlier. Fortunately, members opposite have come to see things the way we do. Out of necessity, a bill has been introduced and, in the current circumstances, it is a quite courageous one. Indeed, it involves a lot of fear—certainly not on the part of the members who are here and who make statements, but in the population—and we understand that.
Here is what I am getting at, my question for my colleague. I know his experience with administrative tribunals is quite considerable; they are not in the same category as criminal tribunals, but still. I am referring to the whole concept of the burden of proof.
It is common knowledge that, concerning an individual who owns property that has been acquired through crime, the facts must be proven. This is the step where the difficulty comes up, especially when one must bring in witnesses. There is a whole climate of fear that exists.
I would like him to come back to the concept of the burden of proof and what that entails for the Crown, to facilitate its work.