Mr. Speaker, only those offenders who do not pose a risk to the public are considered for conditional sentences. The committee is examining the entire matter of conditional sentencing to make certain that this process is being followed. Over six years, conditional sentencing has proven to be a valuable resource to justice in this country. We are only going to look at the exceptional cases when the committee reports back.
In the House of Commons on May 8th, 2003. See this statement in context.