Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Minister, you decided to change the statement of principle that appears in the existing act. You are now saying that the following principle should apply to the present act: "holding young persons accountable through measures that are proportionate to the seriousness of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the young person".
In paragraph 38(2)(c) of the existing act, in reference to sentencing, it says that "the sentence must be proportionate to the seriousness of the offence and the degree of responsibility of the young person for that offence". You will recognize that this is essentially the same language, except that in one case it talks about sentencing and in the other it talks about measures. Why this change? What do you expect this addition to do?