You are right in saying that the legislators must provide tools to protect society; however, if I am correct in my understanding of your bill, there is a fairly long list of offences including, for example, burglary and assault which can... It is just like the habitual criminal act. Parliament wanted to target dangerous repeat offenders, but in reality, the legislation it adopted targeted chronic petty offenders. There is a difference between targeting chronic petty offenders and the stated intent of the bill, in other words targeting some 50 dangerous repeat offenders. In my opinion, dangerous repeat offenders can be adequately dealt with under the current dangerous offenders legislation, especially with the reversal of the burden of proof mechanisms. Looking at the list, I think you run the risk of repeating past mistakes: instead of targeting dangerous offenders as intended, the bill will primarily affect chronic petty offenders.
On November 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.