Mr. Speaker, there is a difference between what is permissible and what is normalized. If we truly want to deter crime, and in this case the heinous crime of sexual assault, then we have to normalize a sentence that is most suitable.
A discount sentence for people who commit sexual assault is not appropriate. It sends a message that the justice system is soft on crime and that those heinous acts matter or count only against the first individual but not against the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth or ninth individual. That is wrong. If we are going to find ourselves on the side of survivors, on the side of victims, we must strengthen our justice system.