Andrew Lawton at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

April 15th, 2026 / 6:15 p.m.

Conservative

Andrew Lawton Conservative Elgin—St. Thomas—London South, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, witnesses.

I'd like to turn to the witnesses from the Ontario Child Sexual Exploitation Investigators Association.

I'm not sure which of you would like to address this, but just to establish, as a baseline, you view mandatory minimum sentences as having a very important role in the criminal justice system. Is that correct?

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