Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the member where he is getting his statistics from. I have statistics from the Canadian centre for justice statistics showing that since 1962 the rate of young offender offences has risen by over 300 per cent.
Since the introduction of the Young Offenders Act in 1982 the incidence of young offender violations has risen some 117 per cent. There was a small drop between 1992 and 1993 of 3 per cent. At the same time young males between 15 and 25 in our population dropped by 14 per cent.
I do not know where you are coming from. There is an explosion of youth justice, looking over the last 30 years. The Young Offenders Act simply is not working. Where are you getting your figures?