Subsection 84(5) of the Criminal Code directs that a conviction for certain offences in an earlier offence for the purpose of triggering increased mandatory minimum penalties applicable to second and subsequent offences.... This is for the offences of section 85, using a firearm, or imitation firearm, in the commission of an offence; section 95, possession of prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition; section 99, weapons trafficking; section 100, possession for purpose of weapons trafficking; and section 103, importing or exporting knowing it is unauthorized.
Clause 1 would remove the references to subsections 85(3) and 95(2) from subsection 84(5), because these subsections will no longer have escalating MMPs. Clause 1 is a consequential amendment to clauses 2 and 4 of the bill.