I think there's a false impression left here that somehow if this amendment passed, it would mean we would have no enforcement. I would remind the committee that we're actually dealing with the mandatory minimums. That's what we're talking about here, that is, whether or not they would be imposed.
And on this particular amendment, what we're concerned about, just as an example, is how it might hit or be used against compassion clubs. I'm sure people are familiar with the compassion clubs set up across the country. They are involved in production, so they will be hit very much by this bill.
I have later amendments as well dealing more specifically with getting an exemption for that. But if this particular clause goes through, we may well see compassion clubs, which are very well established across the country and have very broad public support.... They're not into enabling or dealing with commercial trafficking. They are there to serve clients and members who use marijuana for medicinal purposes, and they are very well run and very well controlled. This is another example of how this particular part of the bill could hit those organizations, and I think it really contradicts what we've heard from the government on who they claim this bill is aimed at. It has a very wide net, and this is just another example of that. That's why we've put forward the amendment.
It doesn't mean there wouldn't be enforcement. There is enforcement that continues under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The debate here is whether or not we should be applying a mandatory minimum.