Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of the witnesses for your attendance here today. I enjoyed them all, and I concur with my friends from the other side that the written report provided by the respective attorneys general was very helpful.
I must also say, Mr. Justice Nunn, that I read your report, and I agree with Mr. LeBlanc that, certainly from a philosophical perspective, it sets out what I think the benchmark should be for dealing with young persons who run afoul the law.
I would like to start with you, Mr. Justice Nunn, concerning one of your recommendations, recommendation 20. This is following up on Mr. Ménard's questioning with respect to your recommendation that the protection of the public become one of the primary goals of the act. Given that the current act does mention long-term protection of the public, I guess I have two questions. Why did you believe that protection of the public, being one of the primary goals of the act, needed to be reformed as a basis of one of your recommendations? Specifically, I'm assuming that by protection you meant short-term protection and therefore pre-trial detention.