The Liberals were very clear that they want to take it out of the hands of organized crime, but we've heard from witnesses from other jurisdictions that organized crime is not going to go away. In terms of decreasing the use by kids, again from the Colorado experiment, and we had Washington here yesterday, as Mr. Culbert said, it hasn't gone up but it certainly hasn't gone down any further.
I like this whole idea of education and implementing something. I'm disappointed that the Liberals have had two years and have done nothing yet, and this is rolling out in 290 days.
I want your opinion. We've had witnesses here who claim to be experts, and they're commenting, for example, that cannabis is not even as harmful as alcohol. I think the science, especially for our youth—and we should be concentrating on our youth—is very clear that it is worse.
With this bill, 12- to 17-year-olds are able to have, for personal use, up to five grams. You're on the record as saying that you don't like the ticketable offence. Twelve-year-olds, that is grade 6. You deal with kids; I don't, as a politician. What would you do with these kids? We've heard the government talk about harm reduction and that philosophy moving forward, but not a lot about the prevention and the treatment side of things.
A 12-year-old, who is the big kid in public school, who the younger kids are looking up to, can have up to five grams for personal use in this bill. If a teacher catches one of these kids, what do they do with them?