Justice committee  That's always a difficult question when we're talking about young people because, at the same time, we want to give them a chance to return to society once they've served their sentence. At the same time, having spoken with the prosecution branch of our province, I know they wan

Justice committee  We didn't discuss that approach, which is very positive and takes into account certain situations in which the people who appear in court often have a major substance abuse problem. I must tell you I fully support this measure. I'll give you an example of that. In New Brunswick'

Justice committee  As you know, justice in our province is in charge of court administration, and the Department of Public Safety is in charge of the provincial side of imprisonment. We're surely aware of the impact it is going to have financially. We don't deny that it will have an impact. We'll

Justice committee  Absolutely. I always thought there was an openness to discuss our challenges. I'm here for New Brunswick. I'm here to discuss our challenges as New Brunswickers. They can be very different from other provinces. But surely, the fact that we support this bill won't stop us from bri

Justice committee  New Brunswick is currently developing a whole series of mental health services. It's a series of services that are at the grassroots level. We want to go and find the young people concerned. The Department of Justice is working with the Department of Social Development and with t

Justice committee  I know that young offenders are a very hot topic in this bill. There has to be a change of culture, of mentality. We mustn't believe that our law courts will be a source of solutions for mental health problems, behavioural problems related to health problems, educational problems

Justice committee  Thank you. Good morning. I am pleased to be here in Ottawa today and honoured to have been invited to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights to offer our government's official response to Bill C-10, Safe Streets and Communities Act.