Public Safety Committee on Nov. 1st, 2018

[The Chair, Liberal, John McKay]

Yes, I know.

Before I let you go and thank you, Mr. Long, in your mind, are all records and all offences to be treated the same? There are indictable offences. There are hybrid offences. There are summary offences. Sometimes records hide that the offence that is on the record is actually a plea bargain, that it got pleaded down to a summary offence from an indictable offence, or the Crown deal.... Sometimes records don't entirely disclose the nature of the offence. Does that impact your thinking in terms of the application of your overall thrust?

[Wayne Long, Liberal, Saint John—Rothesay, NB]

Yes. I would like the committee to take a look at that and to see exactly how it would play into this. Certainly, I'm open to recommendations from the committee with respect to that, for sure. I understand what you're saying. It doesn't necessarily have to be that one size fits all. In fact, most times, that kind of system has inequities, if you will. My hope is the committee would look at that.

[The Chair, Liberal, John McKay]

Okay. Thank you.

First of all, let me thank you for your passion and thoughtfulness. The passion and thoughtfulness were actually reflected in the discussion of the committee. I was very encouraged by the questions, and hopefully in the next while, we'll be able to get to witnesses and do a report at the end.

With that, I am suspending for a couple of minutes while we go in camera.

[Proceedings continue in camera]