Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. On the Department of Justice, I just wanted to comment on corrections and the discussion of having a penitentiary in the north. I think we need an institution such as that in the north. The reason for that is, there are people who commit crimes in the north and are given two years less a day just so they do not get exposed to the hardened criminals. There is one particular case in my constituency where a young person was killed. The person who did it got two years less a day, so he would not get sent down south.
People in the community are very dissatisfied with it because there were people from the community who committed minor crimes, let us say break and enter, who received five years in the penitentiary. This young person who committed this act received two years less a day so he could stay in the north. The people in the community are saying, "Does that mean it is all right to do that sort of crime in the community?" They have a larger fine for doing a break and enter than for killing a person. The reason why he got two years less a day is they did not want to send him down south to be exposed to hardened criminals in the penitentiary. People in the communities are very dissatisfied with this reasoning. I am not telling judges what to do, but this is a concern which was raised to me by my constituents. Based on that, and probably other reasons, we need to have those kinds of institutions in the north, so we can take care of our people who are down south, to bring them back up in the north. I see a big flaw in the entire justice system because of that. I would like to hear a response from the Minister on this issue, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.