Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to bring a bit of clarity to what Professor Doob was stating regarding the potential prosecution for one plant in a rented dwelling. Kudos to you for attention to detail. That's clearly a drafting error that will be corrected by the minister. This happened when the bill was amended some years ago by the NDP. The section wasn't properly changed to reflect that there should be more than five plants. It's clearly the minister's intent to rectify this mistake. It's a drafting error.
Professor, you'd recognize that in any one prosecution there are enormous costs, so the likelihood of prosecution and getting a conviction for trafficking for one plant would be highly unlikely, and that's certainly not a direction the government intends to take. Thank you for the clarification, but the mistake will be clarified and corrected. Thank you.
My question would be to Sue O'Sullivan. Thank you, Sue, for your important work as the federal ombudsman for victims of crime. We recognize that you have a responsibility to the victims and to the government. We respect the job that you do. We know it's a tough one in balancing the interests.
In your recent report, “Toward a Greater Respect for Victims in the Corrections and Conditional Release Act”, you recommended to strengthen Canada's corrections and conditional release system. Do you agree that conditional sentencing is inappropriate for those convicted of a serious crime--for example, murder, the sexual exploitation of children, and drug trafficking?