Mr. Speaker, I want to reassure all hon. members that our renewal of the youth justice system is done on behalf of Canadians and at the request of Canadians.
The other thing I want to reassure the hon. member in relation to is that we will continue our negotiations with the provinces. The administration of youth justice in this country is cost shared between the federal and provincial governments. Yes I would concede there have been some reductions in our funding to the administration of youth justice but we continue to work with the provinces in a co-operative way to deliver—