Mr. Chairman, the Bloc Québécois will also support the bill at the committee stage, but I also want to be clear that we believe that minimum mandatory sentences are not effective. We are not dealing with a minimum mandatory sentence in this case, but a maximum sentence.
So at this stage, we will support the bill, first because we are quite aware that the sponsor of this bill has good and noble intentions, but also because we were reassured by what the senior official said, namely that judges will have the latitude they need. Further, this bill is in line with provisions which have already been adopted.