You can count on us. We are going to scrutinize this closely, I promise you. I have always held that rehabilitation, particularly with young offenders, could begin during pre-trial detention. If we cannot manage to get the young offender to stop behaving in this way, we risk facing a real problem at some point in time.
The other subject that interests me is detention. It is referred to in clause 18 of Bill C-4. You had started answering Mr. Woodworth, but personally, I want to understand the Supreme Court decision in R. v. D.B. You say the following about clause 18: “However, clause 18 goes further. It proposes a new test for imposing an adult sentence, and stipulates that the standard of proof in relation to this test is proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Are you saying that in order to impose an adult sentence, a standard of proof should not necessarily be beyond a reasonable doubt, but that it could be as it is defined in the current legislation?