When I think about the sentencing options that come before judges and the further restricting of the options they can engage in, I remember a conversation I had with a friend of mine who is also a judge in northwestern Ontario. He shocked me when he looked me in the face and said, “James, I can't tell you how unhappy I am and how unsatisfied I am with the sentencing options I have available to me. Any option brought forward by the community that this crime has affected will be better than any sentencing option I have in hand right now.”
On October 2nd, 2006. See this statement in context.