My second question has to do with the $4,000 we have to pay to assess someone. How does the cost to the state for assessing people and redirecting them to good resources compare with just saying, we're not going to assess them and we're going to put them in jail? I would be interested in knowing which policy is better for the state to have.
It's really interesting because my second question would be for you, Ms. Cook. I have a letter written to the committee by the Canadian Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. I'm going to read it in French because I have it in French. It says:
The proposed distinction in Bill C-583 is not supported by psychiatric diagnostic standards. In fact, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), published by the American Psychiatric Association, the North American authority in diagnostics, does not recognize FASD as a separate or distinct disorder, but rightly includes it with other forms of developmental delay.
I would just like to have your comments on that. Have you read the definition in the bill and what would you say about this paragraph in the letter?