Thank you.
You talked about how the CBA has consistently opposed the use of mandatory minimum sentences. We want to have policy that's based on evidence, right? In your submission you talked about the Department of Justice actually coming up with this report A Framework for Sentencing, Corrections and Conditional Release: Directions for Reform, and you use a quote there. The quote is:
The evidence shows that long periods served in prison increase the chance that the offender will offend again.... In the end, public security is diminished, rather than increased, if we “throw away the key”.
I'm was hoping you could elaborate a little bit on that.