In this country, we don't have minimum sentences, in most cases. When we did have minimum sentences, it was quite obvious that the courts didn't like them. Most of them went by the wayside.
In place of minimum sentences, we have to look at specifying in the provisions within the Criminal Code what might be relevant factors and what might not be.
A good example, if I may, is threats against politicians, which is an issue that has been raised. Why should this not be listed as an aggravating factor? The fact that you are a politician and a threat has been made against you could be put in the Criminal Code as an aggravating factor. We could do that.
