Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Minister, I want to pick up on where we've been going with this discussion. We're talking a bit about certainty on the imposition of a fine.
I found the information you provided in your statement to be quite interesting and worth repeating: 84% of the time in summary convictions, and in 91% of indictable cases, the surcharge was not imposed. As well, when I look at this, you mentioned that even when it was not imposed, there were no reasons suggested for why it was not. Subsection 737(6) of the Criminal Code states that when the court does waive, it has to give reasons.
Would this be part of the reason that you're looking at this legislation? Does there seem to be a strange application of this section going on?