I don't know whether there is appellate jurisprudence that considers the constitutional dimensions of that.
If I could just reiterate something I said earlier in response to one of your questions, Parliament is entitled to enact laws that can alter the common law. As I indicated in my response to Mr. Fortin, if this amendment were to be adopted and the bill passed, then that would be Parliament setting a new sentencing rule that courts would not be permitted to consider the immigration consequences of the sentence.
