I understand that. What you're saying is, instead of only being applicable to two years less a day, make it applicable to sentences of less than five years. If someone were convicted of manslaughter and, for example, got a four-year sentence, the court could then say we're going to imprison that individual in the community. I can tell you I'm not in favour of that. I think we have enough scope in terms of alternatives to sentencing in the under-two-years category. I would not be in favour of expanding that. I think we would just see a multiplication of more serious offenders being eligible for alternative....
On September 19th, 2006. See this statement in context.