For sure it sends a message of denunciation, what the worst offender in the worst circumstance committing this offence should get as a sentence. It does encourage a court to turn the mind. The maximum sentence is higher; it has been increased, which could therefore turn their minds in those situations where you could qualify the offender as the worst offender in the worst circumstances. There is definitely, in some instances, a move that we see in sentences.
On February 2nd, 2015. See this statement in context.