Justice committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon everyone. My name is Line Lacasse, and I am accompanied by my husband, Luc Lacasse. We are the parents of Sébastien Lacasse, who was murdered on August 8, 2004, by a group of young offenders in Laval. He was only 19 years old. Our son was ta

Justice committee  Perhaps it wouldn't have changed anything in his case. However, I feel that it is the future that matters right now. Nothing can bring Sébastien back. For me, the future is what is important. I find that we are not strict enough towards young people nowadays. Yes, I am aware that

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Who have re-offended.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Maxime Labonté was not the only one.

Justice committee  There were eleven.

Justice committee  Yes, but—

Justice committee  We are well aware of that, but it does not prevent us from recognizing that the act can include some good points to address all that. Let us say that I have followed the matter closely enough to know that, of those young people, two others were minors. Even if they were all adult

Justice committee  Yes, exactly, and like many other things.

Justice committee  Yes. It was Rubens Alexandre, one of my boy's attackers, who did that. Naturally, there were no consequences because the kids did not want to file a complaint. They said that nothing would come of it.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  It was an act of violence because he wanted to get him. It is obvious. Automatically, when you take out a gun, you want to commit an act of violence.

Justice committee  Yes, I think so too.

Justice committee  Yes, I agree because that would at least give them a good idea about what the person was before. That was not possible in the case of Sébastien's murderer. They could not check his record. Otherwise, we could have known that he might be able to commit such a violent crime.