Of course, the legislation does not explicitly mention aboriginals, but we anticipate that the proposed amendments will help maintain the already strong trend according to which aboriginal young offenders are overrepresented in the prison system. These amendments would make things even worse. I think it's inevitable.
I would also like to follow up on what Professor Doob said when he talked about the vocabulary used in discussing public protection. The wording used makes it seem like victims and criminals are two completely segregated and distinct groups. However, we know all too well that, in the aboriginal community, there is only one group of people because victims and criminals belong to the same group. Therefore, I feel that the message is inaccurate, if you will, and that we failed to recognize the fact that the public encompasses everybody, even criminals. How can we create legislation that reflects the fact that a society consists of all its members, not only of the squeaky clean ones?