I have a comment in relation to that. What it actually does, as Mr. Rankin alluded to earlier, is to take away the discretion of a judge. It takes away the discretion of a judge to impose sentence with respect to sentencing. In fact, it would tie the hands of a judge when it comes to sentencing, from 10 years to two years less a day, and that decision would be made without any level of transparency by likely an overworked Crown prosecutor. We think it's the wrong approach.
On October 29th, 2018. See this statement in context.