Thank you.
There is some misconception that's been perpetrated that somehow this is dealing with minor drug offences. But when we look at the legislation, the mandatory minimums that are being eliminated from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act are trafficking or possession for the purpose of trafficking, importing and exporting for the purpose of exporting and production of a schedule I or schedule II drug. That includes heroin, cocaine, fentanyl and crystal meth.
You've already commented on the guns crimes, but from the perspective of those who are trafficking, we have a crisis in Canada around drug use in both rural and urban areas. Canadians are dying and suffering. Crystal meth is a crisis. This bill would eliminate mandatory jail time not for those just in possession; there is no mandatory minimum for possession. What it does is it eliminates mandatory jail time for traffickers and producers and exporters and importers.
Can you comment on that?