Well, you know my position is that we shouldn't take away conditional sentencing, absolutely, for any sentences, bearing in mind that when a judge imposes a conditional sentence, the judge has to decide that an appropriate punishment is less than two years in prison. If it's a case that requires more than two years in prison, the judge does not have the option of a conditional sentence under the current legislation. That allows the judge to evaluate the significance of the particular offence.
Our approach has to be the same with respect to drugs, in my respectful submission, as it is for other offences. Leave them on the table and let the circumstances determine it, and if you do feel the need to put a presumption against a conditional sentence for some types of offences, then do that, as opposed to simply removing it completely.
But I would just note, in passing, that we're seeing drug courts developed in places like Ottawa now, and Toronto, that attempt to deal with these types of crimes committed by individuals who are seriously addicted by getting at the roots of the addiction. I know we want to have denunciation. But do you want to do it at the cost of removing that option where it's appropriate?