Good day, Minister. Good day to all of you as well.
As you know, we have worked closely with you in the past. In fact, as a minister, you have been rather blessed. However, where this bill is concerned, I hope that you are not counting in any way on our cooperation. In my opinion, you have exceeded the boundaries of what is considered reasonable. As much as I think your bill on camcorders and film is praiseworthy, I find this particular bill goes too far.
As it is currently worded, this bill would make it possible to declare someone a dangerous offender after a first serious offence.Your bill is a combination of arbitrary provisions and preconceived ideas and from a legal standpoint, it is ill-conceived.
I have two questions for you. What problem are you trying to address? What is wrong with the dangerous offender regime? That is what we are discussing. We do not quite understand why you are bound and determined to go with this list of 12 offences, when other equally serious offences, notably child pornography, impaired driving causing death and robbery, are not on the list.
So then, can you tell me what problem we are trying to address, as lawmakers, what is wrong with the current dangerous offender regime and why you came up with this list of 12 offences? Please try and keep your answer short, because I have two other questions that I would like to ask you.