You covered a bit of ground there, Mr. Murphy.
I will say with respect to the age at which the provision you referred to kicks in that we're very respectful of the provincial role in the administration of justice. The facilities are operated by the provinces. These matters are conducted, as for the most part all criminal prosecutions are, with provincial resources. We work with the provinces and we're respectful of their role.
With respect to your comments on why we would require the crown to consider applying for an adult sentence, we're talking about the most serious crimes in the Criminal Code. We're talking about murder, aggravated sexual assault, attempted murder, and we think it's appropriate to give that guidance to those who administer justice and prosecute these cases that we do want these matters before them.
With respect to your comments on deterrence and denunciation, sometimes in my reading of some of the comments about this, it has not been made clear. We're talking about specific deterrence. We want this individual--this specific individual--not to get involved with this kind of the activity. What we are doing is tailoring the penalty for that individual and making sure that the courts have before them all the tools necessary to deal with that individual. Ultimately, we do want that individual to be deterred from doing this type of crime.
It's in his or her best interests, of course, and it's in the best interests of society. I think it works in everybody's interest for the courts to have all that discretion at their hands.
You covered about three different areas, I think, and I hope I've covered all of them for you. In response to your question, that's the gist of where we're going.