Interesting.
I just wanted to say as well, in connection with the mandatory minimum, that if this were a “three strikes and you're out” thing, I wouldn't support it. It appears that it isn't a “three strikes and you're out” thing, because in order for a third or subsequent offence to involve a mandatory minimum, the prosecution would have to be by way of indictment. So I guess discretion is in the hands of the crown.
Have I got that right? Can the officials confirm that?