Thank you.
Minister, Madame Boivin focused a lot on the aspect of the mandatory minimum sentences. We know that in R. v. Nur the mandatory minimum sentences were found unconstitutional, because it was felt that the imposition was grossly disproportionate, I guess, to the gravity of the act. Yet they did, in that case, uphold the sentences, which were beyond the mandatory minimums. I note in the case of Quanto's law that the judge actually imposed 18 months. It's my sense that animal lovers, and Canadians by and large, would certainly be well accepting of a mandatory minimum sentence for the killing of an animal in the enforcement or execution of his duties.
Are you concerned about this law in any way being found anti-constitutional because of its disproportionate equality in relation to sentencing?