Mr. Ed McIsaac at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On February 14th, 2011. See this statement in context.

February 14th, 2011 / 4:55 p.m.

Interim Director, Policy, John Howard Society of Canada

I would say there is a difference there.

First, there is a great deal of evidence to indicate that mandatory minimums do not reduce the level of crime within communities and that they are not seen as a deterrent to the individual offender.

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