I think so. We can see this in some of the other offences that have minimum sentences. Also, the offence can relate to more than one section of the Criminal Code. When you have a mandatory minimum sentence and an offence that doesn't have a mandatory minimum sentence, there is often a great deal of negotiation about which charge the crown should proceed on. That's informed by the facts of the case and by prosecutorial discretion. It may in some circumstances reduce the number of kidnapping convictions and result in more convictions for abduction or some other offence such as forcible confinement or assault.
It's not going to affect the serious cases, the cases that call for more than five years. It will affect cases that are borderline, that may not call for five years, that contain extenuating circumstances, either in the offence or the offender.