Thank you, Mr. Chair.
There are a number of amendments that flow in the same vein, so I don't want to repeat the arguments each time. Essentially, what I'm attempting to do here by these series of amendments is to remove from the list of designated offences and primary designated offences those charges that are of a less serious nature.
I'm sure we'll have some argument over whether they are of a less serious nature. But we did hear evidence from a number of witnesses who suggested that by simply saying if you break and enter with intent—I'm just using that as one of the examples because it's one of the ones I'm moving to delete—there is such a wide range of factual occurrences that the expectation of the Canadian public in terms of what is being attempted here...by saying we want to get a list of offences where, if you commit them and you get more than two years, you are putting yourself in a category as a dangerous offender. It's my firmly held belief and opinion that a number of these charges that are listed do not call for that type of a designation if you've committed these offences, and the range of violent conduct, which may or may not be included in the factual realities, is so wide that it in fact undermines the credibility of the legislation.
So I'm moving that motion for that purpose.