I'd also like to get your impressions, and Mr. Pecknold's too, about this: in terms of the reality of the court system, in the courts I've been in and witnessed.... I'll give you an example. In the Brampton courthouse, close to Toronto, the largest courthouse in the area of my riding, if you look at the plea court, there are 300 or 400 sentencing submissions on some of the dockets in one day. So when we talk about consideration for re-offending, is there actually adequate time to have any discretion, to investigate the genuine ability for a re-offence when you have 300 or 400 potential sentencing submissions and pleas in one day? Do you believe there's adequate time allotted for that?
On September 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.