All three of you have brought up the idea of the sentencing principles currently enshrined, since 1995, in the Criminal Code.
What I found interesting and you may find interesting is that a little earlier in our process here, the RCMP sent witnesses, whose statement at that time—contrary to the probable perception of all RCMP—was that it was important to have the individual facts and situations of the offender, and who acknowledged in response to a question from me that this would be taken away with mandatory minimum sentences. So I don't think we should lump all of the enforcement bodies as being as supportive of this legislation as may be presented by some other parties.
I also want to get down to the particulars of the legislation, because, Mr. Champagne, you have mentioned the anomaly, I think, of the bill having sections in it that treat the firearm used, whether it's loaded or not, as having a different.... I cannot get a rational explanation for that from any party, but that's not the only thing that's anomalous in this legislation.
Ms. Wood, I presume you have read the act itself that's been presented here. There was a situation that was brought to our attention last week: that if a prosecutor has a number of charges and proceeds in a different order, under this legislation your mandatory minimum situation could be increased by up to two years, in some situations. Could you confirm that?