You make a similar point on the next page about “the accused's level of dependence on alcohol or drugs”. You made that point during your presentation. I think you're talking about the futility of these conditions when people come back and forth because they're addicted, and so on, and they never are going to be able to meet those conditions. You've made some helpful recommendations about that, including drug paraphernalia definitions and so on.
On page 3 of your brief there are two other things that I'm not sure, frankly, are in the mandate of this committee. I wish they were. The chair may have a different view.
The first is “Eliminate all mandatory minimum sentences”. Many witnesses have referred to that as the elephant in the room of our study, and you recognize the importance of that. Second is the repeal of certain sections that criminalize sex work. Again, I'm not sure we can do that—I'm looking forward to the chair's ruling on that—but I agree that would hang together very well in terms of the principles that you've articulated.
I want to drill down a little bit more. On page 6 of your submission, you talk about the “Generalized imposition of unreasonable conditions leading to repeated breaches of conditions”. You talk about the very high rates of conditions on release: seven conditions on average in British Columbia, and eight in Alberta. How do we avoid the ridiculous situation of people continually breaching these provisions and finding themselves incarcerated for things that, as you point out, are geographic or have to do with their addictions? What's the solution? What's your grand design here for this committee?