I would just like to comment again that whether this is hybrid or not, the maximum sentence remains at 10 years. Hybridization does not change that. Even if we don't hybridize, there's nothing to say that a court or prosecution couldn't come in and recommend a sentence of a year, or six months, or 18 months. That doesn't change. What does change of course is that the prosecutor can elect to proceed in a way that seems more appropriate to the circumstance. It increases the flexibility of the Crown in deciding how to prosecute an offence. That's why I can't support this amendment.
On October 29th, 2018. See this statement in context.