Mr. Chairman, the thought is that whoever presides in a court proceeding, whether it is a Supreme Court judge, a territorial court judge, or a justice of the peace, they will continue to practise law, so to speak, using whatever examples we have in the past. The only suggestion we can make, to say they can do something different, is if the communities get involved.

People at the local level, for instance, might have a lot of young offenders going to court, who find that a large number of them are being fined, usually large fines and there is no flexibility in the sentencing. The fastest remedy is for a group of community leaders to start working with this department, to work out how they can get involved in the administration of justice, even on the interim.

The young people of the community would take note of that, and I think they would show tremendous appreciation for the concern and the care that community leaders would be showing through such an initiative. I also think that people are becoming increasingly more sensitive to the kind of problems and the pain and suffering that a lot of young people are going through, that we do not know about.

I think by drawing our community leaders closer to them, it has got to have a significant effect, a good effect on young people. It would show our own people reaching out, trying to help in an area where traditionally, we have had the attitude that if you are a young person, and you get into trouble, you are on your own. We have to give up our responsibility for you, you are now in the hands of the courts. You are at the mercy of a system that we have nothing to do with. To take an initiative is a positive sign, that everybody would appreciate, especially our young people. Mahsi.