Justice committee  Thanks to all of you. It was a good day.

Justice committee  Yes, I know.

Justice committee  In all of the categories for which statistics are compiled in New Brunswick, the rate is lower. I realize that for other categories, we can't be quite as certain. There are certainly many things going on in the world that we are not aware of, but if we ask to see a study that cle

Justice committee  It does, Mr. Petit. I'm not here to talk about my personal life, but those who do know me know that I am acquainted with many family members who have been affected by crime. We do indeed have programs to help people get some quality of life back after falling victim to crime. Li

Justice committee  This touches somewhat on the point that I raised. I talked about prevention resources. When I say prevention, I am talking not only about social services, but also about the number of police officers, programs aimed at getting vehicles out of the hands of criminals or programs fo

Justice committee  Forgive me, I'm going to actually indulge in translation so I can be clear in my answer to you, Mr. Ménard. I would have some concerns that if you take the same factors that exist in the adult system and simply hand them over, then yes, those precedents begin to become relevant

Justice committee  I'm always prepared to concede that everyone is capable of making mistakes. However, I believe that the people who are directly involved with these young persons make fewer mistakes than we, the politicians, who propose a one-size-fits-all solution. If we are worried about the st

Justice committee  It is lower.

Justice committee  That is correct.

Justice committee  It depends on the category. Compared to the national average, it is between 5% and 25% lower in some categories.

Justice committee  Correct.

Justice committee  I am aware of that. In New Brunswick we keep our own statistics on drug-related crimes. That is one of the reasons why we have given more powers to law enforcement officers, such as the power to seize vehicles and homes used for drug transactions.

Justice committee  That is the point. If I can leave the committee with anything, it is that. You can ask me a hundred questions about what you would do if a violent sexual offender was in the youth system. Well, they shouldn't be there. That's like asking what you would do if a violent sexual of

Justice committee  Certainly, Madam. I refer you specifically to section 8 of the act which provides for the administration of cautions instead of the starting of judicial proceedings based in part on the young person's participation in extrajudicial, non-punitive programs. If I can talk briefly a

Justice committee  If memory serves, the federal-provincial payments would be somewhere in the neighbourhood of $80 million a year over the four-year mandate of our government. As you can imagine, most of that would simply go into meeting the increased costs of the health system and salaries ther