Thank you.
That is what we're trying to restore. We feel that the scales of justice have tipped too far, and we have to take into account the public's feelings, the public's faith in the system, and the rights of victims.
There's always a lot of talk about cost. It might only cost $1,400--that's the average--but that's the most simplistic way to look at it. What's actually being done? We know that $1,400 over the course of the year is not going to buy a lot of supervision. We heard testimony the other day about offenders who forward their home phones to their cell phones--perhaps you've heard of that. So we have to look at protection of society. We're trying to achieve that balance here in some way and move the scale in that direction.
I wonder if you can comment a bit on the cost generally when someone who's on a conditional sentence is out in the community reoffending. If that person is in prison they're not reoffending, but if they're out on the street and continuing to steal cars, I want to know if anecdotally--