Madam Speaker, just a quick comment. There probably are some distinctions that could be drawn with the situation when people are put in army detention and regular detention. One certainly being that there would be the desire on the part of those put in army detention to get back and to continue serving in the military. They have something to lose if they do not obey.
I think what has to be recognized is that many of our young people do not have anything to lose and would not be helped by this type of treatment.
Members of the Reform Party are talking about fiscal restraint. We are talking about reducing the age to which the Young Offenders Act would apply. We are talking about reducing the minimum age and we are also talking about reducing the maximum age. This is going to put a much greater burden on both the adult prison system and the young offender incarceration system.
I would suggest that if we go across this country we would see that the jails are already overburdened. When we talk about fiscal restraint how are we going to build many more jails and prisons in a society that has difficulty affording what we have now? How are we going to afford to staff them? As usual it is a case of proposing solutions but forgetting about the cost on the other hand. How does the member answer that?