Ultimately, I would repeat what I stated earlier: that the bill's focus remains too narrowly on bail and that we need to revisit it and modify sentencing provisions. I would like to see greater consideration for guidelines rather than principles and purposes. Now, this is a major undertaking, but it has been recommended before and was not adopted. This would remove some judicial discretion.
Another way of doing it is by ensuring that deterrence and public safety principles are given priority, among the other priorities and purposes that can be looked at in the Criminal Code, for a much larger range of offences. That would go some way to improving sentencing.
