Justice committee  We get about 30 to 50 applications a year, and we have our criteria that they have to meet. One of those is that they have to have exhausted all of their appeals. That eliminates probably half of them right there. I think the process is so lengthy anyway. I understand that's still there in the bill, whereas there may be special consideration for certain cases.

Justice committee  Absolutely. If I can just make a comment on this point as well, which is related to it, I don't think a lot of people know about the conviction review process at all. I met with an elder this week on our indigenous outreach program, and that is what he said to me. He said they don't even know about it.

Justice committee  I would. I've written a couple of things with Professor Clive Walker about the CCRC as a model for us here. However, I think one of the biggest issues was not that, but the whole idea of funding and having it to be adequately funded, because there are huge problems there now with their commission, given that they just don't have enough money.

Justice committee  Thank you. First of all, I want to thank you very much for the invitation to be here today. It's a real honour. As an academic, I've published extensively in the area of miscarriages of justice in Canada and other common law countries for the last 20 years. My research has focused on a number of areas, including examining the factors that contribute to miscarriages of justice and prison and post-release experiences of the wrongly convicted, amongst many other things.