Mr. Speaker, we will somewhat reluctantly be supporting this bill going to committee as well. There are good points and bad points.
The member mentioned the politics of fear and being tough on crime. I would like the member's view on this. There is another approach that should also be taken. We have the laws and can be tough on crime, but a better approach might be to be smart on crime. It might be finding ways to prevent these issues and these serious activities from happening by giving young people a better opportunity in life through some social programming and those types of approaches.
I have travelled on the issue of human smuggling and have seen the individuals who have been abused, both in the sex trade and the slave trade, and how they happened to fall into that trap through those who would exploit them.
I wonder if the member might provide some comments, from his point of view, on preventive measures and taking a different approach and what it might do for society.