Madam Speaker, I appreciate my friend's speech, but there were a number of things that I cannot agree with.
First of all, the member indicated that it should not be up to a prosecutor to determine the seriousness of an offence. I wonder if my hon. friend understands that currently 152 Criminal Code offences are hybrid offences, some of which can be very serious, including sexual assault. Some of these hybrid offences can be completed in a range of ways. We trust our Crown prosecutors to make determinations on a case-by-case basis every day.
Would the member not agree with me that the Crown does an effective job dealing with the cases before it, based on the circumstances of the offence?