Listen, you're talking about the extreme examples of situations versus the general rule of law, and I suppose you're much better at being able to do that than I am, I'll grant you that. My responsibilities, I feel, as an elected representative in the House of Commons, are to try to apply a general rule of law and not to get too carried away with extreme examples, because what ends up happening is we have no law at all, because every single law has its boundaries, whether it be very good on the one hand, or very bad on the other.
So the assumption of using extreme examples makes it difficult, at times, to be able to pass legislation, if that's all you're going to do. I appreciate the fact that Mr. Comartin did ask you a little about the increase in the severity of the penalties, and you did comment then as to what the impact would be. A substantial part of the legislation actually is that in fact there will be some new and tougher legislation that will be enacted if the bill were to pass.
Maybe I'll get your opinion on this. What is suggested here is an increase from $600 to $1,000 for a first offence, 14 days to 30 days for a second offence, and from 90 days to 120 days for a third offence. You tell me. I don't find those to be significant with respect to the increase in penalty. It's certainly an increase, but not significant.