Yes, I would agree with that statement. When you look at the way the bill is drafted, such that you have a selection of different offences from which you can proceed, and the sentences vary according to whether it's a first offence, a second offence, and so on, then yes, you are going to have that opportunity to change how the sentencing would happen, based on how the Crown chooses to proceed.
I'd also like to confirm what my friend here was saying about the mandatory minimum depending upon what type of gun is being used, or whether or not a gun is being used at all. Bill C-10 ups the mandatory minimums that were already present in the Criminal Code for when a firearm is used. But if a machete, for example, were being used, there is no mandatory minimum for several of the offences, as my friend was illustrating during his comments.