Thank you very much.
I think you have hit it on the head in terms of the common ground that we do share. Let's be clear: our youth facilities are there for punishment. They're not there for treatment, and being held in a custodial facility does nothing more than punish young people. We know that young people with highly complex needs require a different kind of treatment and that our young offender facilities are full of people with mental health needs for whom treatment is not mandatory. I would argue that there aren't services even if they want to access them. That's an issue as well.
We have a number of programs in our community facilities, and if we had sufficient resources tied to intensive mental health treatment over a period of about three years, we would be better served. Some people do need to be in a closed facility for a period of time. But let's not kid ourselves into thinking that being in a closed facility is for treatment. It's for punishment. I agree with the three-year term. In fact, that's why we had three years in the original Young Offender's Act.