As I have very little time, I would like to speak to the organization lobbying for the protection of aboriginal children in Ontario.
When evaluating legislation that applies to young offenders, do you not find that young people from aboriginal communities should be treated differently from others? I am not talking about discrimination, but it's obvious that, given the poverty levels in reserves and other aboriginal communities, there are ways for aboriginals to take care of their offenders that differ from what we can do in the city. What has been suggested here is to significantly increase the use of incarceration measures in the case of young aboriginals. If we go ahead and do this, we will end up increasing the crime rate within this group instead of reducing it.