Mr. Speaker, members of this House all need to be responsible and consistent.
I find it hard to understand the logic behind the position of the Conservative Party which, on one hand, wants to raise the age of consent from 14 to 16, or even 18 depending on the person to whom I am talking, and, on the other hand, wants 14 and 15 year old offenders to be brought before adult courts because these young people should be able to tell right from wrong.
This does not make any sense. If they want to raise the age of sexual consent, and that is what they want to do, let them do it. However, I would urge them to be consistent and stop asking for 14 or 15 year old offenders to be brought before adult courts. If they refuse to do so, they will show the kind of inconsistency that we will be sad to see.