Mr. Speaker, I have another question for the member. I do not think the parliamentary secretary is getting the point of my question.
I asked him to lay on the table in this House the justification for reducing maximum sentences as opposed to increasing them.
The Liberal government has a tendency to constantly want to trivialize some of the more serious Criminal Code charges and there are more than three examples. Dual procedure offences can be handled as indictable or as summary convictions. However, the parliamentary secretary does not want to answer that question.
Where are the facts for bringing about any changes in the law and placing it before Parliament and passing it? I do not see any of that information flowing from the government side, apart from the fact that somebody in the legal community wants it this way or there is a charter argument that states we cannot do it that way any more. That is strictly an opinion that is offered too often by the justice department.
I want to see the facts for justifying a reduction in those maximum sentences.