From a philosophical point of view, there are dangerous people who need to be incarcerated because they pose a public safety risk. The circumstances surrounding an administrative charge can vary significantly. In some instances, particularly when you're dealing with low-income Canadians, there may be somebody who missed a court date because they had no access to child care, or there was no public transportation and they couldn't afford a car. I don't want somebody in those circumstances to necessarily be incarcerated when they don't pose a public safety threat.
If there are people who are violent repeat offenders who are also acting in contempt of court, there are increased penalties included in Bill C-14, which is a better way, in my view, to deal with that.
Making sure we don't use too blunt an instrument to incarcerate people who pose no public safety threat but, through life circumstances over which they have no control, find themselves before the court in these kinds of proceedings.... This is an important thing that we need to allow courts to deal with.