I'll take that question. Thank you.
In his remarks, the minister talked about the ways that Bill C-16 would enhance criminal justice system responses to particular types of crime—for example, gender-based violence, sexual offences against children, sextortion, deepfakes and sexually explicit deepfakes. Certainly, a range of new tools are being proposed that would address pressing public safety threats.
The minister also talked about what the bill is trying to do with respect to mandatory minimum penalties, which is to ensure that they remain available for the range of offences for which Parliament has already decided warrant a mandatory minimum penalty. This is with a view to enhancing public confidence in the sentencing framework in criminal law and ensuring that mandatory minimum penalties remain available in specific cases.