Mr. Speaker, I listened with rapt attention to the hon. member's discourse. When hundreds of thousands of Canadians are voicing their opinion that the Young Offenders Act needs serious reform or serious overhaul I find it absolutely astounding a member would claim as he just did that "the Young Offenders Act is working very well".
The hon. member derided the use of statistics, yet he himself went on to use statistics throughout his presentation over and over again to try to prove his own personal bias that the Young Offenders Act is working very well.
I would like to ask the member, in as few words as possible, if he feels therefore that young offenders who reoffend over and over again should be held accountable? He said that somehow it was their background, that they came from dysfunctional families. They have all sorts of societal reasons why they commit crimes and why they break the law and have no respect for it. If it is always someone else's fault how do we hold these people accountable?