Justice committee  No. Together they will.

Justice committee  No. Ours is based simply on detention and incarceration. If it is intended to be an unfunded mandate, that would be extra.

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  While there was funding in the past for prosecutorial capacity a couple of years ago, the answer is no. Strictly on that side, we have been told that the federal government is leaving that to the provinces. We're making an effort to replace the funding, but there's no federal mon

Justice committee  I have heard no suggestion, nor do I know of any evidentiary basis, for the federal government to cut the program on the grounds it isn't working. Our numbers show it is.

Justice committee  We believe that should be done with great care. Obviously, any barriers that would stand in the way of reintegrating a young person, whether it is entering a school system where one is already inclined to give up on them or assist them, or whether it's looking for work, which we

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  In general, yes. I can tell you we're profoundly concerned that if we lose the financial capability to intervene with young people at risk, to lock more of them up, New Brunswickers won't be any safer. This isn't some bleeding heart liberal approach. As I've said, in the last s

Justice committee  If memory serves me well, the roundtable that I attended in New Brunswick—there may have been others—lasted approximately six hours.

Justice committee  Yes, one day.

Justice committee  That's correct. The provincial attorneys general are unanimous on some points, for example, on the issue of pre-trial custody. The legal angle is clearer. The act works well with these changes. We are able to assume our provincial responsibilities for social services and youths a

Justice committee  That is one of the problems. For example, it is a problem when an attorney general wants to give clear instructions to crown prosecutors. The problem lies in the fact that the aim of the proposed legislation is not clear. Consider, for example, the fact that the aim of the act,

Justice committee  No. To be clear, we based our analysis on the suite of legislation that I will generally call amendments to sentencing and crime. While I think the amounts would be roughly equal for each, I wouldn't want us to put that on the record yet.

Justice committee  What we are looking at is largely recidivism, broadly defined as committing other crimes. Frankly, we have seen a decrease in youth crime across all levels, from property crimes through to violent offences, which is why I say, to us, tough on crime isn't what we do after somebody