Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his sensible question. If anything, this is what the bill deals with. There is a whole notion of the bill that deals with the question of rehabilitation and trying to identify what is best depending on the situation we are dealing with.
According to the bill we would work in a partnership or in consultation with all the stakeholders, whether we are talking about the provincial government, if they are involved; whether we are talking about the justice system as we know it, the courts; or whether we are talking about the communities where there are community initiatives.
I mentioned the Debra-Dynes project as one example that is being used. It is as an extremely successful initiative that is being brought about by the Ottawa-Carleton Police Service Board. It is extremely successful. The youth who are very much at risk are brought in. They have exercise rooms. They have teams of all sorts. They have community projects of all sorts.
In a sense it creates a diversion. It keeps the youth busy. When we keep them busy in athletic activities or by getting involved in community projects and other things, we are taking their minds away from doing drugs or getting involved in trouble again or other potential problems.
Those kinds of initiatives are required of us as a society. We do not have to always rely on the government to provide and come up with the solution. We as a community and as a society have a responsibility to put forward initiatives that could help, could improve the quality of life of our youth, and could ensure that we have a safer community and a better community.
To that extent I want to say to my colleague that his question is dead on. It is very much dealt with through then bill when it talks about the importance of partnership with the different levels of government and when it talks about the rehabilitation aspect to address the specific needs of the child.
I am grateful for his question and I am quite pleased with what the government is proposing to deal with the rehabilitation aspect of the issue.