Justice committee  I don't think I can answer with an age. It depends on the work done with them. I would say they're learning to be responsible.... I'm answering in English; I didn't notice. The purpose of the work we do with young persons is precisely to make them responsible for their behaviour

Justice committee  I believe there's something arbitrary about every decision with regard to age; that's obvious. At one point, I believe most people who are concerned with the development of human beings have shown that 18 is the average age at which a larger number of individuals are slightly mo

Justice committee  I never asked myself that question, I have to tell you. I think it is. I think that at one time a lot of people decided that people are more mature usually when they're a little older, so they set the age at 18.

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  That's a very good question. I think he could have been dealt with in the juvenile system. He has been condemned under the adult law.

Justice committee  I know the role that adolescent played, but today I don't want to give out any details about his life. What I wanted to say is that the Youth Criminal Justice Act permits a 10-year placement—you're aware of that. When a murder has been committed, a 10-year sentence is possible, t

Justice committee  A number of you speak French; that's nice. You say you've heard people talk about the positive effects of publishing names, but I admit I don't see any point in it. Instead I see the problems that can cause. When a young person is arrested and lives near the place where he comm

Justice committee  I mean that, based on my experience, young persons who commit murder, for example, kill in two or three ways. They seem to completely lose control. I know it's a bit macabre to discuss this subject, but, in some cases, young persons inflict 70 knife blows, which virtually never o

Justice committee  That's a good comment. I admit I've never made it myself. It sells newspapers, indeed.

Justice committee  I want to give you an example of what happens in the area of education. No parent would imagine sitting a child down for an hour a day to tell him what he must do and not do, then, for the rest of the day, doing the opposite of what he has taught him to do. Parents intuitively kn

Justice committee  The young persons usually talk about their victims after a while. I'm going to give you two examples. The victims sometimes are family members. Earlier we talked about mental illness in young persons. If I have time a little later, perhaps I could address that notion. It isn't al

Justice committee  Let's get back to the victims. The victims are sometimes family members, and, in that case, we work with them. When the victim is outside the young person's network, he or she doesn't always want to work with us. Like a lot of people, they think that, if we're working with the a

Justice committee  In fact, we're talking about protection of the public, not sustainable protection. We want the notion of sustainability to disappear from the old act. In my view, it helps determine whether, with time, the person will reoffend and whether we establish the means to ensure that per

Justice committee  I don't think I can give you a figure. Moreover, in actual fact, I don't think adult sentences have been extensively used. That's one of the reasons why we wonder why the act currently in effect has to be amended. Earlier, I spoke a little about the fact that it's called Sébasti

Justice committee  The one that's coming up?