When I think of the law enforcement animals or service animals and I reflect upon the amount of training that is involved in getting such an animal up to speed to be able to accomplish those important roles, there has to be a value to imposing that type of a mandatory minimum sentence just to protect the asset and the investment in these animals who do such a great job for society. Don't you agree, Minister?
On April 27th, 2015. See this statement in context.