I think it gives the crown some flexibility in judging the seriousness of the offence. It certainly makes it consistent with the offence itself of breaking and entering, which is, as you may know, a hybrid offence. The existing situation where the possession of the tools for that is an indictable offence, while commission of the offence is a hybrid offence, is again a bit of an anomaly and one that we want to correct.
Obviously, Mr. Moore, you know from our record and the legislative agenda we have introduced into Parliament that we take the commission of all crime very seriously, and we certainly want to convey that message. In a case like this.... Feedback the department has received on this is that it certainly would make the law more consistent, and in the end we do rely on crown attorneys across this country to get it right in terms of prosecutions. I consider this a fairly minor amendment to harmonize the existing law and one that I think will continue to work quite well in favour of the people of this country.