The point of the amendment is to leave the state of the law the same as it is now with regard to mandatory minimum penalties so that there is consistency between the offences. I am in no way suggesting that these would be necessarily appropriate in most circumstances, but I think it's important to have consistency, and the way the bill was drafted didn't have these at all. I thought that was problematic, and that's why I'm moving this amendment. I believe the case law would show that, in almost all of these circumstances, these minimums will not be the actual sentence that's imposed.
On the reading of it, I thought it was important to have the general public know that these are the minimum consequences you would face for any impaired driving conviction.