Can I just add to that? This is not exclusively about deterrence. I take your point about the value of rehabilitation and preventive programs as well, absolutely, without question, but how many people in this country do you think are aware of the fact that no matter how many times you commit a crime—a new indictable offence—while you're on parole, you're still eligible for parole the same as a first offender? That's ridiculous.
Statutory release is a good idea. We had the presumptive early release at two-thirds, but you know what? It applies to somebody whether they're a first-time offender or a second, or a third, or a fourth or a fifth. Maybe what we should be doing is differentiating between those people who commit crimes over and over and over and over again. In my experience, our failure to do that....
Let me give you one other example: We actually give pretrial custody credits—in my opinion, unlawfully—under section 719 of the Criminal Code to people who are denied bail because of their long criminal records. We then give them credits at their sentencing. That law has been back and forth a whole lot, but we are literally rewarding repeat offenders.
My experience is that those kinds of provisions actually undermine public confidence in our justice system. If we targeted those groups of individuals, they wouldn't be on the streets to commit the crimes.