It's an honour to be with you to discuss this important bill.
The amending motions from Mr. Cooper focus on mandatory minimums. I will be speaking on my behalf. I don't want to assume to speak for him, but I think we are on the same page.
On the importance of providing guidelines to the courts, I think we would all agree on the importance of the discretion of the courts in sentencing. The courts are provided a guideline for maximums, and in cases where there is impairment, it would be helpful to provide guidelines to the courts for minimums. The more serious the offence, the more serious the mandatory minimum.
In the next number of amendments, the first one focuses on impairment. It is self-explanatory. It's an indictable offence for impairment, and those are the recommended mandatory minimums.