In fact, these principles have proved to be ineffective when it comes to young persons. This principle is not the way to achieve the objectives of rehabilitation and reintegration and thus the long-term protection of the public.
The third objective that we strongly oppose is lifting the ban on publication of the young person's identity. We work with young offenders every day who are making sincere and honest efforts to rehabilitate themselves, and we completely fail to see what society would gain if these young people were branded and stigmatized because their identity had been published in the newspaper. We are completely opposed to this part of the bill and we would like it to be removed.