Mr. Speaker, I would appreciate it if the parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Justice would explain the numerous contradictions between the statements of the current Minister of Justice and those of her predecessor, who both represent the same Liberal Party and promote the same policies.
I will only quote a few short statements from the predecessor of the current Minister of Justice. During Oral Question Period, the then minister said “We must not amend the Young Offenders Act. Amending the act will not solve the problem of juvenile delinquency”. The former Minister of Justice also said “The idea is not to stigmatize these young people for life by publishing their names in the newspapers, which could prevent them from continuing their education and getting a job. Rather, we should follow Quebec's example as closely as possible in dealing with young offenders”.
How does the parliamentary secretary to the current Minister of Justice explain that the minister did a complete turnaround and yielded to the pressures of western Canada, among others, on a very simple issue, by publishing the names of young offenders, which squarely contradicts what the Liberal Party used to suggest?