If I could remember where it was in the book, I'd be able to deal with it a little better.
I can tell you it stemmed from appearances before me of police, particularly the deputy chief of the Halifax police force, who impressed me very much at the time, I must admit. He attended almost every day of our sessions even though he was called as a witness on only one day.
I don't think it opens a door that would allow judges or give judges great discretion to do something. It's just one of the factors for the judge to consider in dealing with the particular case that he has. I can't really remember too much about the details of putting it in, but it wasn't put in to open the door to a whole host of increased sentences and so on. It wasn't that. I think it was all in the notion that we have to do something to protect the public from these strange situations.
Now, if you've been listening, you've heard that in Manitoba there have been three or four people killed or severely injured, and each incident involved a stolen vehicle. We are in another world if we think that perpetrator stole only one vehicle.