Canadians' sense of security is one of the issues that all police forces have to deal with. It is connected to the police forces themselves, but also to the rationale behind our legal system and the sentence associated with the crime, as well as the repercussions for society as a whole.
We are in favour of Bill C-9, but we believe that ultimately, the public's perception will change if those who commit crimes are put in jail and have to serve a certain amount of time in institutions for the crime they have committed. I believe that that is where the benefit lies. Allow me to draw an analogy. Car theft in Quebec is becoming, both within our own police organization and in the court system, a crime for which short sentences are handed down. It is no longer a crime.
I think we have to be careful how we use the provisions of the Criminal Code, in order not to trivialize them. If we trivialize them, the goal pursued by the Criminal Code will not be met.