I think it does. I think there are still some concerns about the circumstance where a person has committed a minor offence, for example, and doesn't appear in court. I think these are very difficult issues. I think if you go through the proposed change to subsection 29(2), it could be improved in the sense of making it clear when a person should be detained or can be detained and when a person can't.
I think pre-trial detention is such a serious matter that I wouldn't have stopped there. My colleagues mentioned one of the problems, which is that the administration of justice offences often arise in these circumstances. We know that we have in parts of Ontario large numbers of conditions being put on that don't appear to relate to the offence the youth has committed and don't seem to relate to the likelihood that the youth would show up for trial. When the youth violates one of those conditions, we have another charge put on him or her.
Taking 29(2) as a starting point, this committee could well come forward with a better total package that would include many of the proposals, or in fact much of the wording that's currently in the proposed changes to subsection 29(2).