One of the issues is the incoherence and conflict inherent in that with respect to the state torture in the Criminal Code. The other issue is that when an individual is charged with these offences, there are already mechanisms, if the offence is so egregious, that would result in very severe and lengthy sentences. I think it would be ill-advised to think of the.... One could change almost every section of the Criminal Code to a maximum sentence such as you are suggesting. I don't know why aggravated sexual assault wasn't suggested to be increased to life imprisonment and why other offences could.
It's a cost-benefit analysis, when one looks at the effects this will have and the mischief it may cause. At the end of the day, if this measure isn't going to deter crime or to enhance reporting, if the only objective here is to call something what it is, I think there are other ways this can be accomplished that may not carry some of the costs I have talked about for the last number of minutes.