Justice committee  To answer your question, I will say that in fact, when the Youth Criminal Justice Act was brought into force, it was promised, in a way, that a broad study of the results would be done after five years, and based on that we would see whether changes had to be made. To our knowled

Justice committee  In fact, we say that protecting the public and rehabilitating young offenders are not opposing principles. On the contrary, rehabilitating young offenders protects the public in the long term. These rehabilitation measures range from prevention to intervention for the most seriou

Justice committee  In fact, these principles have proved to be ineffective when it comes to young persons. This principle is not the way to achieve the objectives of rehabilitation and reintegration and thus the long-term protection of the public. The third objective that we strongly oppose is lif

Justice committee  That concludes our review of our four main objections to the bill.

Justice committee  We would like to make four main recommendations to the committee today in connection with the part of Bill C-10 that relates to young offenders. We are hoping to see amendments made to four aspects. The first relates to the amendment to paragraph 3(1)(a) of the Youth Criminal J

Justice committee  Good morning.

Justice committee  That is entirely correct.

Justice committee  No, on the contrary, I think protecting society is a very laudable goal. It is better ensured by rehabilitation measures than by punitive measures, that's the difference.

Justice committee  In fact, I think the primary goal of rehabilitating the offender is to protect society. We don't rehabilitate offenders for the joy of doing it, we rehabilitate them because we think crime is something we should combat. Crime jeopardizes protection of the public and that is why w

Justice committee  No, we handle 15,000 young offenders.

Justice committee  We also offer services for young people in need of protection and young people for whom adoption is being considered. So that makes more children. Young offenders account for 10% of the total number.

Justice committee  We are funded entirely by the government of Quebec.

Justice committee  Obviously, a proportion of funding is based on our clientele, but it is not solely that. I can't explain exactly what total funding for youth centres is composed of. Obviously, each youth centre gets different funding, depending on the number of clients. But that is not the only

Justice committee  I'm sorry, I didn't understand the translation.

Justice committee  For me personally, I don't think so, no. I would be getting the same salary, maybe more.