Justice committee  That's from Statistics Canada's The Daily. I think when I stated that youth crime and violent crime by youth have decreased in recent years, it was from The Daily of July 21, 2009.

Justice committee  Yes, I said it wouldn't reduce recidivism. Again, that's actually from the Government of Canada. Certainly I'll confirm that.

Justice committee  I am now.

Justice committee  I think that defining violence in the criminal justice system has a tremendous impact and that it must have a common-sense meaning when we're discussing—

Justice committee  I don't agree that it's the only definition of violence, no.

Justice committee  No.

Justice committee  No, I'm not.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  Yes. I don't have it in front of me, but....

Justice committee  I think the provisions that expand the definition of “serious offence” and “violent offence”, which would then expand the grounds for pretrial detention, raise some significant concern about whether pretrial detention would be ordered in what truly would be the least restrictive-

Justice committee  Certainly.

Justice committee  Thank you. The amendments proposed in Bill C-4 give us significant cause for concern, due to the negative impact they will have on young people who come into contact with the criminal justice system. These proposed amendments to the YCJA do not advance the goal of improved commu