Mr. Dagenais, you know that, at the moment, when someone wants to appear in adult court, the crown prosecutor has to make that request to the trial judge, if he feels that the case should be heard in adult court.
Under the new bill that we are proposing, that would be automatic for murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, aggravated sexual assault, and so on. The crown prosecutor would have to tell the judge why he does not want to send the case to adult court. Would you agree with me that, for those four very serious charges, it should be automatic, and the opposite would be possible; that is, that the crown prosecutor might decide that the young person should not go to adult court? What do you think about that proposal? After all, I would never want a young person to have to go through that process; it is traumatic and his life is at stake.