As for the principles of sentencing, as you know, there's a clause for aboriginal people that takes that into account. Do you think this is an affront to that philosophy and that a legal battle could perhaps be undertaken? When you remove the discretion to make that choice, to look at the circumstances of aboriginal people, then you're going against that clause, that sensitivity we put in the Criminal Code to look at the circumstances of aboriginal people.
On November 23rd, 2006. See this statement in context.