Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I, too, want to go back to where I was the last time, but I have to say, since Mr. Brock made a comment about my position, my position on this is not that we save money for efficiency reasons, but that we save court time and court money to be applied to the most serious offences, which are the most threatening to the community. We need to ensure that people aren't released in very serious cases because of court delays, when we're taking up court time with things that I don't believe belong in the court system to start with.
It's not just about efficiency; it's about the use of our resources efficiently in the court system to better protect the community.
I'd rather be talking about decriminalizing the personal possession of drugs, but we're not, so I am going to talk about the discretion that's given, again, to police and prosecutors. That's where I left off.
There doesn't seem to be a clear criterion set out in Bill C-5 for how that discretion by prosecutors and police would be applied. I think it's an increase in discretion for police. I'm not sure it's really an increase for prosecutors, but there don't seem to be clear criteria on how to apply discretion.