Mr. Speaker, the member has asked a good question.
I was exceptionally disappointed with the number of witnesses who came to committee to help us make our decision with respect to this legislation. It was clear that they had not read the legislation, or if they had read it, they did not understand it.
In my speech, I raised the issue of brutality. Members said that if it is brutal it is going to be high risk. That is not true. Members said we are going to put NCR accused people in jail. That is not true. They said we are going to mandatorily make these assessments go on for three years. That is not true.
The justice committee works very hard. We sat for extended hours to make sure we had as many witnesses as possible come forward and to make sure we looked at different ways to perhaps improve this legislation. However, the majority of people who had concerns or objections to the legislation did not seem to understand it or had not read it. That was disappointing.