Sure. Thanks, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for being here.
I have a question on the interplay here, if you could comment on the Tackling Violent Crime Act in the last Parliament. We had provisions dealing with an escalating mandatory minimum penalty, should someone use a firearm in the commission of certain criminal acts. The law had stated there was a four-year minimum in place, and the law was changed. The proposed change was that it be five years on the first offence, seven years on the second, and ten years on the third. As the bill came out of the committee, it was down to five and seven, and seven on subsequent offences.
What would the interplay be, if at all, between those minimums passed in the Tackling Violent Crime Act and what we have here on drive-by shootings?