Mr. Speaker, I was a provincial justice critic for many years. One of the biggest things we wanted to establish was that the best way to fight crime and prevent crime was to invest money up front. Investing money up front in programs that will steer people away from committing crimes is far more effective. At the end of the day, we will have less crime on our streets and better and safer communities.
I appreciate the comments by the hon. member. I must say I also concur with his comments. Because I do not support the bill does not mean in any fashion whatsoever that I do not believe there needs to be a consequence for many of those crimes, such as pedophilia and so forth.