I believe, as a citizen and as a defence counsel, that the last thing we should do is send someone to jail, but if that person is a danger to society, they should go to jail. Then you decide how long they should go to jail. And if they are a repeat offender, if they are a dangerous offender, our Criminal Code is equipped to keep them in jail for a long time. Judges can make recommendations to parole. It's there.
So if you want to raise the ceiling for, say, careless storage, to 10 years, if someone gets charged with careless storage, it's simply what Mr. Rady talked about. It's not that he's part of organized crime; he didn't store his gun properly. But if he is part of something else, he will not just be charged with careless storage, he'll be charged with weapons dangerous, he'll be charged with other offences. So the facts will determine the seriousness of the offence and the penalty range.
But if you think that some provisions of the Criminal Code don't have high enough ceilings,and you think the way to solve the problem is to raise the ceilings, fine. You're the legislator. But allow the judge, who will have all the circumstances, to make the decision about what's fair. Crown counsel can make their pitch, and if someone decides that that wasn't right, they can appeal it.