Now to all my friends, lawyers like me, who don't like
minimum sentences. When I read Bill C-26,
Most of the clauses are stating minimums that already exist, so they're not even in contention in C-26. There are a few, maybe two or three, that are just upgraded from maybe 90 days to six months, but nothing really.... I know we all share big doubts about the efficiency of it. We had Mr. Gilhooly, and he's been one of the big victims of such crimes, who came and said he doesn't think it will do anything because of all types of concepts.
You spend a lot of time on the minimums and the maximums, but the maximums are rarely where the tribunals go. There's not that much change to the minimums, so is that really the biggest problem you see with Bill C-26?
I'll start with Mr. Spratt.