Neither can I, and neither can most right thinking people in this country. The fact is, some people do that, and the question is, why do they do that? They are not doing it because the Criminal Code is too soft or we're not punishing them enough. Maybe we don't even know the answers at first blush.
It is not a question that alcohol is the root cause. Why is the person becoming an alcoholic? Why is the person becoming a drug user? These are deep, difficult questions that cannot be answered easily or quickly. All I am saying is that if we really want to get to why this kind of crime is occurring, we have to think about that.
You lived, obviously, in this country 30 years ago when we didn't have these problems. We have them now. What has changed? Have we looked at what has changed? Has our law gotten softer? The Criminal Code has been the same for the last 30 years. It's actually gotten tougher in a number of provisions, but what has changed in our society?
One of the criticisms we hear about is that young people don't have the same manners any more. They don't say “excuse me”. They bump into you. They use foul language in the streets. Why is that? What is it in our teaching of how we're supposed to behave in our society that has changed? Why are some of these behaviours acceptable? All I am saying is the answer isn't simply in having mandatory minimum punishment and that's going to solve the issue. It is not. That is all I'm saying. It's a deeper-rooted issue.