Then I would suggest we don't balk at expanding this technology. We shouldn't hesitate. I think we should go at it. Let's do it. Isn't that what we're all about, fighting crime, preventing crime? Isn't that what we're all about?
I think the cost of crime is far greater than the cost of what we'll be spending on expanding technology that's the best you could ever imagine. I hope we move forward on this kind of thing. We're always so afraid that we're going to infringe on somebody's personal rights. And I don't want to do that either, but at the same time, we might be able to stop a lot of things from happening.
I can't help but believe in my own mind that if a person who has committed a crime is informed that he's now going to be entered into a DNA bank--unfortunately for him, but because of his actions, he's brought that on--then it will act as a deterrent. Jail evidently doesn't work. A lot of people don't think it works. I happen to think it does work to some extent, but I think that kind of possibility with the DNA bank is a deterrent.
So I applaud your work, gentlemen. I just hope that any government in power in this country has the wisdom to understand that what you're doing is for the good and the safety of all Canadians and doesn't hesitate to support it.
That's all I have to say.