Alistair MacGregor at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister, for appearing before this committee.

I want to read out something from the Liberal platform of 2015: “Arresting and prosecuting these” —cannabis—“offenses is expensive for our criminal justice system. It traps too many Canadians in the criminal justice system for minor, non-violent offenses.”

Minister, would you still agree with that statement?