The Liberal government has introduced a bill to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin traffickers. .Blacklock’s Reporter said officials acknowledged they knew of no case in which a drug dealer was sentenced to the lightest jail term, one year..“With respect to mandatory minimum penalties, this is something that experts have been calling for,” Attorney General David Lametti told reporters..“We will continue to watch how this plays out.. Screen-Shot-2021-02-20-at-12.53.49-PMDavid Lametti Courtesy CBC .“We have caught a large number of the drug-related mandatory minimum penalties in what we are doing.”.The Attorney General blamed mandatory penalties for slowing court proceedings, but provided no data..“One of the truly negative outcomes of mandatory minimum penalties is the clogging up of the court system,” said Lametti. .“About fifty percent of all the constitutional challenges in the Canadian criminal justice system are on mandatory minimum penalties.”.Bill C-22 An Act To Amend The Criminal Code And Controlled Drugs And Substances Act repeals minimum jail terms of one year to eighteen months for trafficking in cannabis, cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. Maximum penalties are lengthy penitentiary terms..Senator Kim Pate (Ont.), a prisoners’ advocate opposed to minimum penalties, questioned the bill. .“It is regrettable the government acknowledges these realities yet stopped short of taking the kinds of bold steps we need right now,” said Pate, former executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies..Opposition MPs said they would not hurry passage of the bill. .“Liberals have been keen to rush their justice reform bills through Parliament to avoid scrutiny,” said Conservative MP Rob Moore (Fundy Royal, N.B.), justice critic. .“Conservatives will ensure the proposed legislation receives a thorough review..“This does little to help those struggling with addiction .“Instead it eliminates mandatory prison time for those trafficking and producing harmful drugs.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694
The Liberal government has introduced a bill to repeal mandatory minimum penalties for cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin traffickers. .Blacklock’s Reporter said officials acknowledged they knew of no case in which a drug dealer was sentenced to the lightest jail term, one year..“With respect to mandatory minimum penalties, this is something that experts have been calling for,” Attorney General David Lametti told reporters..“We will continue to watch how this plays out.. Screen-Shot-2021-02-20-at-12.53.49-PMDavid Lametti Courtesy CBC .“We have caught a large number of the drug-related mandatory minimum penalties in what we are doing.”.The Attorney General blamed mandatory penalties for slowing court proceedings, but provided no data..“One of the truly negative outcomes of mandatory minimum penalties is the clogging up of the court system,” said Lametti. .“About fifty percent of all the constitutional challenges in the Canadian criminal justice system are on mandatory minimum penalties.”.Bill C-22 An Act To Amend The Criminal Code And Controlled Drugs And Substances Act repeals minimum jail terms of one year to eighteen months for trafficking in cannabis, cocaine, fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine. Maximum penalties are lengthy penitentiary terms..Senator Kim Pate (Ont.), a prisoners’ advocate opposed to minimum penalties, questioned the bill. .“It is regrettable the government acknowledges these realities yet stopped short of taking the kinds of bold steps we need right now,” said Pate, former executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies..Opposition MPs said they would not hurry passage of the bill. .“Liberals have been keen to rush their justice reform bills through Parliament to avoid scrutiny,” said Conservative MP Rob Moore (Fundy Royal, N.B.), justice critic. .“Conservatives will ensure the proposed legislation receives a thorough review..“This does little to help those struggling with addiction .“Instead it eliminates mandatory prison time for those trafficking and producing harmful drugs.”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.Twitter.com/nobby7694