Ms. McAuley, you speak on behalf of Statistics Canada. You may have heard other people say that the amendments to the act would increase or potentially increase the number of incarcerations. In view of what you've presented to us and of the fact that this excludes Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, how can we make a decision if we have no statistics indicating that there are more or fewer incarcerations or days spent in custody by young offenders? Can you provide that information to us for 2008-2009? You indicated at the bottom of the page that data were unavailable. How can I make a decision? Some people have told us in this committee that we would be increasing the number of incarcerations, while others have told us the contrary. And yet I checked and we don't have complete data for 2008-2009, and you don't have it either for 2006-2007. You don't seem to understand that we need you in order to make a decision, but we have no statistics to assist us. How do we go about finding them? Do you have any documents that would enable us to find them?
On March 9th, 2011. See this statement in context.