The Mulroney government held a referendum on the death penalty. As we recall, it was rejected, including by the then-prime minister himself.
My sense is that your office or other agencies and groups tend to focus on the rehabilitative aspects, which I think are very important. My concern has been that in the case of violent offenders or repeat offenders, society has, I feel, an expectation that the protection element of our penal system and our corrections institutions takes priority, for the simple reason that there is a risk to the public.