We are all in perfect agreement on that, Mr. Minister. The question is just: why are you moving a section that applies to sentencing, that you are leaving in sentencing? You are moving it to general principles. But I look at what you are removing, and what you are removing is what you just said you want to pursue.
In fact, paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act says: "the youth criminal justice system is intended to prevent crime by addressing the circumstances underlying a young person’s offending behaviour"—what you are taking out of the act, right, you are removing it—"rehabilitate young persons who commit offences and reintegrate them into society, and ensure that a young person is subject to meaningful consequences for his or her offence in order to promote the long-term protection of the public".
You are taking that out and replacing it with a principle that is already in the act in relation to sentencing. I acknowledge that, in addition, you are in fact adding something that must be encouraged.
Myself, I see a difference between the objective of rehabilitation and protecting society by reintegrating and rehabilitating young people and the objective of simply promoting rehabilitation. Did you intentionally incorporate that difference, or is that a mistake on your part?