Thank you very much, Minister.
One of the other criticisms that I and others have of this bill is that it picks out only some mandatory minimums. While I agree with you and I support maintaining them for some of the most serious, violent crimes, there are a lot of other mandatory minimums that could be removed.
There has been in a bill in the Senate several times. It's now Bill S-213, which aims to restore discretion for judges even where there's a mandatory minimum in place. If a judge found that there were extenuating circumstances, they could ignore those mandatory minimums. I wonder what your opinion is on that approach.