Penalties already increased in Bill C-19 through the elimination of a statutory maximum. This clause reintroduces a cap based on a formula not adapted to criminal provisions, which would, in practice, lower the penalties.
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Liberal
Ryan Turnbull Liberal Whitby, ON
Penalties already increased in Bill C-19 through the elimination of a statutory maximum. This clause reintroduces a cap based on a formula not adapted to criminal provisions, which would, in practice, lower the penalties.
We're opposed to this one.
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