My submission—and this is just me based on my experience in the criminal justice system—is that what from we've seen from the literature that's developed on mandatory minimum sentences, as well as the decisions on these court cases, the judges don't need mandatory minimum sentences. If they feel that an offender needs to go to jail for a particular period of time, they can impose that sentence regardless of the existence of the mandatory minimum.
On April 26th, 2022. See this statement in context.