We could sum this up by saying that youth justice, whether in child welfare, youth protection or delinquency under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, should allow us to work on a case-by-case basis. When I say “case by case”, I don't mean removing the penalties currently available under the law so that more young people are put in detention centres. I am talking about giving us the leeway we need to handle each case and try to rehabilitate the offenders. All resources have to be available so that we can choose the appropriate one for the court case at bar and for the offender.
On October 20th, 2011. See this statement in context.