Discussion · Government Orders
Cathay Wagantall Conservative
“We tried to change this bill to keep mandatory minimum sentences that the Supreme Court already agreed were legal. I want to know why the government can just ignore that.”
“Madam Speaker, in speaking with our shadow justice minister, something he brought to my attention was that there are many mandatory minimums that are no longer protected, and we tried to give that protection back through our amendments, that have actually already been tested by the Supreme Court and found to be constitutional. What does that mean, when they can now simply decide to change the ruling?”
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Madam Speaker, in speaking with our shadow justice minister, something he brought to my attention was that there are many mandatory minimums that are no longer protected, and we tried to give that protection back through our amendments, that have actually already been tested by the Supreme Court and found to be constitutional. What does that mean, when they can now simply decide to change the ruling?