Thank you, Mr. Hanger.
My first question relates to judicial discretion. I've heard some reference made to judicial discretion by a few of the witnesses today and I want to see where you're coming from on this.
I believe in some cases, in the cases of maximums and in the cases of minimums, that if judicial discretion is given some guidance it's helpful. We've seen that with the maximums in the code and with the minimums in the code.
I certainly support this legislation, because I believe in some cases we need minimums. So for those who have spoken against any curbing of judicial discretion, I want to see what your opinions are on other cases where we inhibit judicial discretion in the code.
For example, would you be in favour of removing the current maximums in the code? And I want to get your opinion on this because I want to understand if it is this specific legislation that tackles criminals--and if it's that, then I can appreciate where you're coming from--or is it really judicial discretion that you're concerned about, because both those are incongruent. You can't come from both positions. You can't be in favour of limiting judicial discretion in one case but not in the other.
So we could start off with Lucie, and I know you're the first one who mentioned judicial discretion in your comments.