Thank you.
My next question is for Madame Goyette, and it is about the difference between serious and violent offences. In the Youth Criminal Justice Act there's a presumption in favour of releasing a young person until sentencing, but that presumption doesn't apply in a few cases. One of those cases is if the young person is charged with a violent offence.
So with these amendments, “violent offence” would be changed to “serious offence”, and “violent offence” wouldn't include property offences. “Serious offence” would include property offences, and I think most Criminal Code offences are “serious offences”, with five or more years as a maximum sentence, and they're indictable.
In your day-to-day working with youth, if we shift it to “serious” instead of “violent”, what will the impact be?
I will also ask you to comment on whether you think there is still enough flexibility in the system. The crown has to prove on a balance of probabilities, and the judge has discretion, so with these changes, are there any red flags that we should worry about? Is there still enough flexibility?