I just want to say that my whole point in asking the question was, number one, to correct the misrepresentation you made that we did not support mandatory minimums, which was another attempt to say the Liberals are soft on crime. It was a political statement and not an evidentiary-based statement, and, number two, to say that on evidentiary-based terms the evidence is the exact opposite to that which your government invoked for purposes of relying upon the merits of your legislation. Therefore, I say in that sense the legislation that you introduced regarding mandatory minimums was ideologically driven and not evidence-based.
On November 2nd, 2006. See this statement in context.