Thank you.
As you know, we have these amendments. They came in large part from the Nunn commission--a situation in Nova Scotia that involved a young man who showed a pattern of offences. The recommendations are specifically for these persistent offenders.
This young man in Nova Scotia had several charges but no convictions, and that was one of the main problems. Nunn's recommendation 22 was that when looking at pre-trial detention, consider patterns of offences versus patterns of guilt. So that's a recognition of these persistent offenders.
Mr. Croisdale, you said in your opening that sanctions are ineffective on those persistent offenders, but evidence shows that supervision by the justice system can actually reduce the number of subsequent offences. Based on your research, do you have any thoughts on what this new clause about denunciation and deterrence would do to reduce repeat offences?