Thank you, Ms. Shanmuganathan.
I think you're technically correct about staying in your lane, but we're also talking about ways to attack systemic racism within the justice system, so I think we also have to keep our eye on that larger court of play when we're talking about this bill.
I want to turn to the Canadian Bar Association and talk about one of the things that was said as part of your presentation. I forgot which of the two of you said it, but you talked about mandatory minimums that “warehouse people until they can be released”.
My background is in criminal justice, and I know we have often seen short sentences of about one to two years resulting in no rehabilitation because of a lack of resources within the provincial and federal corrections systems. Was that what you were referring to in that very brief statement of yours?