I think there is no doubt that some of these changes will disproportionately affect disadvantaged youth broadly, including on the basis of race, aboriginal status, and certain visible minority groups. In fact, one of the tragic ironies of this legislation is that as we've seen rates of custody go down, we've actually seen the portion of aboriginal youth, whom we have the best data on, actually going up.
On June 8th, 2010. See this statement in context.