Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank the Minister for those comments because he touched on a very interesting point. Banishment, traditionally, was done by the entire community. If this is going to be included in the correction system, I would support that, but in these particular instances, banishment was imposed by the justice of the peace in some cases, the RCMP. It is not coming from the community. It is difficult for parents, the family and the entire community to understand in these instances.
The problem is that people who are banished from the smaller communities go into the major centres. The major centres do not have any programs to help these people and there is no support. This one individual was stuck in a community. He asked me personally for money to help him. Of course, I could not give him money. He said, "They sent me over here. How am I supposed to live?" It is very difficult for people like that, especially if there is no program, no support of any sort. This particular issue, where people are not allowed to be in their communities because they have been charged and are waiting for court, which may be two or three months down the line, is very difficult. They go to another community and there is no support, no place to stay and so it becomes very difficult on the individual and that individual's family, as well as the community that this person chose to be in. Is there any program that the Department of Justice has in place at this time to correct this problem? Thank you.