It's because there are two federal laws that state that this is the case: the law that governs the way in which a federal sentence is served and the law that governs the way in which a provincial sentence is served. Those are the laws that deal with these matters, that people at the moment serve typically no more than two-thirds of their sentences. So that is the law. If you want to re-address that law, that is what I was suggesting. Sentencing is a complex matter, and this bill just throws one bit of ill-thought-out procedure into an already complex system.
On May 25th, 2009. See this statement in context.