Mr. Speaker, the Young Offenders Act provided at the time of that offence and since then that young people, age 16 and 17, can be transferred to adult court for a trial on such charges. If transferred to adult court they face adult sentences.
The fact is that the Young Offenders Act contains those provisions. As the hon. member well knows, it is the provinces' responsibility to administer them. It is up to the courts and the prosecutors to apply them.