Just to elaborate on that point, the enhanced minimum penalties proposed in the bill with respect to firearm offences are very much tailored to specific offences that appear to be growing in terms of their problematic nature--the gangs and guns problem in certain urban centres--and only serious offences are targeted again. There are specific aggravating factors inserted into the bill--repeat offending is one example, and organized crime is another--and those elements were inserted into the bill to enhance its viability under the charter, if you will.
On October 31st, 2007. See this statement in context.