Thank you, Mr. Chair.

As all members of the committee will recall, we made a subamendment to our amendment NDP-1. It will have an effect on one other amendment, but, at the moment, let us stay with amendment NDP-1. We move that the text be amended by substituting:

“discharge, any conditions of release and accused's intended place of residence shall, at the victim's request, be given.”

What we added from NDP-1 was “any conditions of release”.

We feel that includes what we tried to bring forward, in terms of giving more information to the victims. If you look at what happened in the past in this Parliament.... It refers also to language that was used and things that were used in Bill C-10, clause 57,

about conditional release.

I just want you to recall some information. According to the language used in Bill C-10, when an accused is convicted in the criminal system, victims are informed about the conditions of release. When a person is deemed not criminally responsible, it is the opposite. That information is not provided to victims.

Although it passes the privacy test in Bill C-10, we believe that victims should be given the same rights whether the accused is convicted or declared not criminally responsible, as stipulated in the Criminal Code under the changes made as a result of Bill C-10.

Could we perhaps ask the witnesses we have with us here today?

Are you in favour of the amendment you have before you in terms of its vision and validity?

Hoang Mai

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