In general, yes. I can tell you we're profoundly concerned that if we lose the financial capability to intervene with young people at risk, to lock more of them up, New Brunswickers won't be any safer.
This isn't some bleeding heart liberal approach. As I've said, in the last session we have laws that allow for the forfeiture of proceeds of crime. We're allowed to move people out of homes or seize homes and cars that are used to sell drugs or put kids at risk. Everything we can do to police or stop crime before it happens, we're willing to spend money on that. But certainly I have asked my staff in the Attorney General's office to look at how much discretion we have. If the feds impose this approach on us without a lot of evidence, how can we possibly make sure that we maintain our ability to look at what our evidence shows is working?
So we will have guidelines to prosecutors, and we'll respect the law, but we will look for any ability to pursue the approach that New Brunswick is using to keep New Brunswickers safer.