Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I know that Bill C-5 is targeting systemic racism, but there's another impact of mandatory minimums that has been a concern for me—since everyone's citing their past—as a criminal justice instructor for 20 years, and that is the situation of women who are in abusive or controlling relationships. They often end up in the justice system as a result of the activities of their partners, particularly around drugs that they are quite often forced to deliver or hold on behalf of a coercive partner. Therefore, they end up under mandatory minimums.
I wonder if the Minister has any comments on how the bill will impact women who come into conflict. Again, because of systemic racism, a lot of those women are Black women and indigenous women.