Hon MARK MITCHELL: And I'll tell you why that's a shocker—I'll tell you why it's a shocker. Because she was right: as of today, an assault on a first responder or prison officer is actually treated as an aggravating factor at sentencing. But this bill goes a lot further. This bill actually makes it an offence to assault a first responder or a corrections officer. That is a big change. That is a significant change, this House saying, "Yes, it's good to have it as an aggravating factor—there's no doubt about that. We're going to take a step further. We're actually going to make it an offence now, something that someone can be charged with." I just find it very, very puzzling, when I hear my colleague and friend Simeon Brown on his feet just about every day in his role as our police spokesperson and corrections spokesperson, highlighting the disturbing increase of assaults on our police, on our corrections officers. I'll tell you what: it's not always immediately visible, and it is actually hidden away, to a certain extent. It's probably even under-reported. 