The document says this: “Given that the proposed mandatory minimum sentence of two years is similar to, or slightly higher than, the sentences currently being imposed by courts[...]”. So if the sentences are the same, what does the bill change? That is why it does not cost anything. Mr. Chair, your government put forward a bill that does not change anything, and it admits as much.
Yesterday, you were bragging about your desire to put criminals behind bars, and yet you introduce bills that do the same thing as existing legislation. So that means you are wasting Parliament's time, committee time, time we could spend studying other bills that Canadians want to see passed. There is no denying it, and you say it yourself here, in your document, that there is no cost estimate because the bill imposes the same sentences already being imposed by courts.
Is that true or not?