If the minimal sentence is less than prescribed by the Criminal Code, we go by the Criminal Code.
But we're talking here about a life sentence. There are two parts of the sentence. There's the actual life sentence and then the period of parole and eligibility that form part of the sentence.
The International Transfer of Offenders Act, as it reads now, gives transferred offenders the right to apply for parole after 15 years; they don't have to go through the faint hope process. The reason is that the faint hope process requires the application to be made in the jurisdiction where the murder occurred. In the case of a foreign offence or somebody who's been convicted of a crime abroad, that's impossible.
So the International Transfer of Offenders Act gives them a break and lets them go straight to the parole board. If Bill S-6 becomes law, those 15 years will change to 25 years, so they will serve 25 years without eligibility for parole, instead of the 15 years currently in the International Transfer of Offenders Act.