The point you're making right now is a very important point. As I said a little bit earlier, we ask people to help us by denouncing those who've committed the crimes. We need help. We need to have communities participate in helping police services arrest those people.
The thing is that we often get the comment—this is on a daily basis, which my colleagues could talk about as well—that, “You know what? If I do that, the next day he's going to be back on the street. He's going to threaten us. He's going to look at me, smile, and say, 'You see how long it took me to get out?'”
You see that in your community. Go anywhere in Canada and it's always the same comment from people: “How can you protect me? If I give this guy away, how can you protect me? We know he's going to be back in the community within 24 hours.”
That's why we think this bill is so important. As I said, we're dealing with violent people here, people who have committed serious crimes. If they become convinced that—
It's going to take a couple of months--it might take year--for people to realize that they will be protected. But then the comment will be, “If I denounce him, he'll go to court, he'll stay behind bars until he goes through his trial, and he'll get his sentence. I won't see him for a while, that's for sure.” This thing will just grow bigger and bigger. We'll have the support of some communities, and people will say, “You know, we're going to help police officers, because these guys won't be back on the street within 24 hours.”