Madam Speaker, I appreciate the hon. member's questions. The difficulty in the limitation of this piece of legislation is that it is justice legislation which has to deal with the problem. Once it has gone too far preventive measures cannot be met.
In terms of lowering the age of accountability there are some reasons this is possibly a positive measure. The idea is not to punish or to incarcerate 10-year-olds. The fact is that in many urban settings organized crime is preying on young people and utilizing some as young as the age of 10 years to pursue crime because it realizes there is a loophole in the law by utilizing young people.