Our organization has consistently opposed the use of mandatory minimum sentences because of the elimination of judicial discretion. For serious, violent offences, the judges would be guided by the purposes and principles of sentencing set out in section 718 and the aggravating factors there, and for some offences perhaps by already the triggering of mandatory consecutive terms—for instance, criminal organization offences—that would guide judges in the sentencing of those offences.
On May 13th, 2009. See this statement in context.