Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for appearing.
I'm a lawyer, like many of you. There's an irony here that likely all of us studied Professor Hogg in our constitutional classes, regardless of what school. I know Michael and I were at Dalhousie. I think his examination of rational connection and reasonableness should be quite compelling.
I started my debate in the House of Commons on this bill. I'm going to start today with the names Harrison Neville-Lake, Milly Neville-Lake, Daniel Neville-Lake, and their grandfather, because criminal law is our society's way of expressing moral blameworthiness related to action.
My first question is for you, Michael. You said this bill would be ineffective in achieving the principles of sentencing in section 718 of the Criminal Code. I'm assuming you're referring to deterrents. Is that correct?