I strongly disagree with my colleagues in that this is imposing a maximum penalty, which removes the court's discretion. We heard from witness testimony very strongly that this would not increase penalties. In fact, it caps penalties and doesn't allow the courts to use their discretion when determining the penalties. The order of fines could be higher without this in place. In fact, I think Bill C-19 addresses this already, so we'll be voting against it.
I wanted to clarify, Chair, that on the previous vote I said “on division”, but apparently you can't vote something down on division. That's my mistake. I shouldn't have made that mistake, because I know better.