I'll start.
We aren't big fans of minimum sentences. As we said earlier, we think each situation should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Still, minimum sentences may have to be considered when it comes to recidivism, but care has to be taken to consider to whom they apply and what's involved.
For example, I wouldn't want all intimate partner crimes to be subject to minimum sentences, because I wouldn't want those sentences to be served by women charged with assault or other types of offences committed against an intimate partner when they were defending themselves and were sometimes poorly defended in the justice system.
I think those sentences have to be given very carefully, and every situation has to be assessed to determine the sentence.
