I wouldn't characterize it as timid. I think I'm the first minister of justice to propose taking away minimum mandatory penalties, ever. I wouldn't say that's timid.
I was attacking sentencing and the question of sentencing reform in this bill. It's within my mandate letter, but it's also the overall scope of the bill. I am open to those other conversations. I think they are necessary conversations. I'm aware of the chiefs of police call, the calls particularly from elected leaders in British Columbia at all levels, municipal and provincial. I have spoken to David Eby and others about it. I'm open to that discussion. I know my colleague Patty Hajdu is open to that discussion as well, particularly with respect to the health response to the opioid crisis.
While I'm open to that, that wasn't what I was trying to attack in this particular bill. However, I'd like to think this bill, in the criminal justice and sentencing sphere, is a step towards opening up that other discussion, which has a wider variety of issues that go well beyond the criminal law or the health response with the criminal law intact. I'm open to that discussion, but that wasn't what I was trying to accomplish here.