Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have to back up those comments and just say that my door is open. I’m sure all of my colleagues’ doors are open for communication on items such as this. So just to reconfirm: my perspective is that of Mr. Ramsay on the last motion, and Mr. McLeod. We need some better communication.
Unfortunately, this also takes a toll on people, and I hope, in this situation, the toll is less than in the last couple of things we’ve discussed. There could have been an avoidance of a lot of this sort of kerfuffle.
I just want to note again that the general pattern that I see in this budget, particularly with Justice, is a detraction from prevention while concentrating resources in the courts, which is putting people in jail. I don’t think that’s totally consistent with our priorities.
I just wanted to add those additional comments.