Thank you very much. I want to first welcome all of you with equal vigour, but particularly my friends from British Columbia, Mr. Rezac and Mr. Park.
Mr. Rezac, I noticed you didn't stress the issue of chronic offenders as much today as you did when you appeared before the B.C. caucus about a week ago. I want to ask you a question about the chronic offenders. I agree it is a serious problem, at least in British Columbia because we know the scene. It may be a problem in other urban centres.
When you are asking for escalation of sentences, are you asking for mandatory minimums past two years so they can go to the federal prisons and get treatment, or are you simply asking for some escalation of sentences but then obligating the provinces to provide treatment in the corrections facilities so it's not an exercise in uploading? If the provinces need funding, then the federal government should perhaps support them in funding.