I singled that one out for comment. We do support that, and I am prepared to talk about all the rest of them as one group. I would just mention in passing some of the provisions.
I would like to acknowledge and recognize that while we oppose many of the provisions that are being put forth here, we are not opposed to everything in the government's bill. In fact, some of the provisions, such as clause 186, recognize and underscore the fact that young people must be treated differently and separated from adults in our penitentiary system.
I will read clause 186 for the record, which says:
Subsection 76(2) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(2) No young person who is under the age of 18 years is to serve any portion of the imprisonment in a provincial correctional facility for adults or a penitentiary.
I think that is an important principle. It's important to have it in the legislation. It's important to underscore that there is a different system of justice for young people and for adults, and we really do care about trying to ensure that while young persons are still of that age, under 18, we don't see them put in a population with adults who may be.... The term “hardened criminals” comes to mind. It would expose young people to certain individuals and circumstances that would be totally inappropriate for recognizing the situation that they find themselves in, still with the hope that the major principle of dealing with young persons, particularly those who are kept in custody, is to be treated and held separately from adults.
We want to recognize that this is contained in here and indicate our support for it, and indicate our support and interest in recognizing that not everything in this legislation is negative, that there are some positive aspects of it. We're happy to acknowledge that, while we are doing our job to vigorously object to the provisions that we have been objecting to.