Mr. Speaker, it is possible that the committee chaired by Mr. Allmand could come forward with some recommendations which could make substantial changes to the measures contemplated in the bill. We still have opportunity to meet with the federal Minister, ourselves. Our two Members of Parliament within the federal party also have access to the Minister, and I'm sure are doing what they can to listen to the political will of the people across this country.
It is my view that allies come from different places. For instance, the entire gathering of Ministers in Victoria in January when we met as respective governments with the federal Minister, we asked him if there was some way to make changes. Some of them were to the severity of the sentences contemplated in his proposal. We couldn't get the Minister to budge at all. But you will have noticed that in the news, when the police association made that comment and suggested that perhaps he may want to look at being more flexible in the sentencing for first and second-time offenders, law-abiding citizens who inadvertently run into conflicts with these registration laws. He seemed very willing and seemed to suggest that yes he would work in concert to appease the request made by the police association. So there is some movement still at this late stage and we are happy for it, we
continue to work on it. Thank you.