Mr. Speaker, I know the parliamentary secretary is a lawyer, and I want to ask him a question in regard to the limitation on preliminary inquiries.
Evidence before the justice committee was that preliminary inquiries can serve as an important discovery aspect in which important evidence on complex motions before the court can serve a useful purpose to avoid mid-trial delays if it is not dealt with before getting to trial. It was pointed out in that regard that limiting preliminary inquiries in that context would have the potential impact of increasing delays rather than reducing delays, with an increased likelihood in mid-trial adjournments.