Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the comments of the member who just spoke. He called me a pro. The member who spoke before him said that I was stupid. I think I will accept the latter definition.
To follow up on his point, the member said they would make good apprentices. I raised that point at one of our youth entrepreneurship hearings. I asked a question and I was really surprised at the answer. I asked “Has anybody thought about young offenders being entrepreneurs?” Everybody laughed. There was a professional in the audience who stood and said “As matter of fact we have”.
Outside of the violent young offender, a young offender is very much like an entrepreneur, but in a negative way. If we can take these young people and put them in programs to redirect and refocus their energy, I think we might have something.
There is proof in Manitoba. I congratulate the province and the member for that. There is proof in Nova Scotia. I saw it firsthand. I met with the young people.
I would invite these dinosaurs to come to the camp in Manitoba in July to meet some of these youth at risk, these young people who they would take a block of wood to or who they would cane. Come and meet these kids to see how they are turning their lives around. That is what this bill is about.