I concur with Mr. Casey, and I understand Mr. Warawa's point entirely. As a non-legal member of the justice committee, and approaching this from a legislative perspective, I am also mindful of the effect that guidelines set across the land. We did hear from a number of witnesses that mandatory minimums don't have the effect that we would all like them to have on people's behaviour, and that the front-line idea of being caught is much more of a deterrent.
I ran on, and fundamentally believe in, the ability of judges to be judges, and to have judicial discretion. For that reason, I can't support CPC-4, CPC-13, CPC-5, or CPC-6.