Designating someone a dangerous offender is, hopefully, an effective, practical measure provided for in the Criminal Code. According to the figures supplied to us by the Library of Parliament staff, approximately 334 criminals have already been so designated and between 24 and 30 new names are added to the list every year.
Can you explain to us why it is a problem for you to make the existing provisions effective? Would it not be better to focus our efforts on making them effective? If you were to table a bill to improve the operation of the dangerous offender regime, I would be very surprised if it did not receive the backing of my party. However, the fact that the three strikes you're out rule applies here is highly questionable. Why model our justice system after the American one? Please tell is in clear terms what is wrong with the current regime.