I'll try to build on what Ms. Burt said.
Regarding the MMPs we're talking about, and other MMPs that have been found unconstitutional by the courts but haven't been removed from the Criminal Code and are still on the statute book, those are not enforceable, as Ms. Burt said. With the enactment of Bill C-16, due to the rules of stare decisis, when and if Parliament enacted Bill C-16, there would be material changes in the state of the criminal law. One of those material changes, as Ms. Burt described, is that courts would be able to depart from the imposition of a mandatory minimum penalty where it would result in a grossly disproportionate outcome for the offender before the court.
