As members of the committee may be aware, terrorism offences under the Criminal Code cover a wide range of conduct. There is a maximum range for the offences, and it varies. For example, participation offences, which involve the offence of knowingly participating in any activity of a group for the purposes of enhancing the ability of a terrorist group to carry out a terrorist activity, have a maximum punishment of 10 years. The offence of knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity has a maximum punishment of 14 years' imprisonment.
Much of the conduct captured by these Criminal Code offences is very serious. Some may even lead to a life sentence in prison. But there are other cases that may be less serious, so depending on the charge laid and the circumstances of each case, it's possible that a person may be convicted of a terrorist offence and may receive a much lower sentence than five years in prison.
The main consideration is that given the seriousness of the consequence of taking away someone's citizenship, even recognizing that they have another citizenship to fall back on under the amendments proposed for the bill, this would only occur in relation, it is proposed, to a terrorism offence following a conviction for terrorism where the court imposes at least five years, as you've noted.