It has everything to do with the motion. We had the Minister of Justice of Quebec come here last week and say he hadn't been consulted, or hadn't been listened to or responded to by this government when he wanted to give the Government of Canada the benefit of the experience and success of their government in the Province of Quebec under the youth justice provisions, and how they felt they had succeeded in reducing youth crime and reducing recidivism and making sure that young people who may have come.... He was passionate in his understanding of the factors that lead to people coming before the courts, the young people who don't have the same advantages as people like us.
More and longer prison sentences mean more school dropouts, more unemployment, more divorces, more family dislocations, more addictions--all those negative consequences that we see coming from people who aren't in a position to be rehabilitated and end up before the courts. All of these things were presented to us by Mr. Fournier. He said he wanted to talk to the Government of Canada, but he didn't get a response. He came here to the committee.
We have a letter from him with some suggested amendments, and by the way, he's indicated in his letter that he also has more suggestions that weren't able to be presented on Tuesday. His letter says they have other proposed amendments with respect to adult sentencing. We're not going to hear them if this motion passes and we limit the debate to today; the Quebec Attorney General is being told by this government that they're not going to wait to hear from him. They're not going to wait to hear from the people of Quebec or hear from their government. They're going to pass all this today and report it back to the House tomorrow. That's what this motion says.