I must say that the bill of the member for Wild Rose, Bill C-219, is something that we on this side of the House cannot agree with because of the way in which once again the Reform Party, in its eternal wisdom, has decided to handle minor acts of indiscretion such as joy riding.
I do not know about the riding of the member for Wild Rose. I know on occasion he likes to play sheriff. Perhaps some of his constituents would be absolutely petrified to go joy riding.
However, in my riding, the great riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, on occasion people have gone joy riding. As a matter of a fact a cousin of mine went joy riding one time. I know the hon. member from Kootenay would probably say it was the hon. member for Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke who did it, but it was a cousin of mine.
Should the government incarcerate a person for a one year term because of a minor indiscretion? Goodness gracious, members of the Reform Party continually come forward with notions on how to mete out justice. They would throw them in jail and throw away the key. They would not worry about the person. They would not worry about the indiscretion. They would throw them in the slammer and they would be done with them: out of sight, out of mind.
That is not the way we on this side of the House would handle the judicial system. The hon. member for Kootenay—Columbia somehow extrapolated from joy riding to death. The little munchkin is at it again. If members opposite want to listen to the great justice that is being done by the Liberal Party of Canada, all they have to do is pay attention for a short while. I do not use that in a derogatory connotation against my hon. friend on the other side.
It is absolutely disastrous that the Reform Party would continually mete out something like Bill C-219. I know the hon. member for Kootenay—Columbia said that the member for Wild Rose was a tireless worker. In my estimation he is rather tiresome when he puts forth agendas such as this one. This is not what the Canadian judicial system is all about.