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“For the most part, the promises are basically unworkable,” said Emmett Macfarlane, a political-science professor at the University of Waterloo specializing in constitutional law, governance and public policy.
“The Supreme Court has made clear over the last decade or so that, generally speaking, most mandatory minimum sentences will not be constitutional.”
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“We saw an explosion of mandatory minimum penalties, including through the Safe Streets and Communities Act in 2012, where the number of mandatory minimums in the Criminal Code almost reached 100. There used to just be nine mandatory minimum penalties in 1987,” Perrin said.
He called mandatory minimums a “failed policy.”
Research shows they’re not effective at reducing crime and may actually increase recidivism, Perrin said.
“They increase delays in an already overburdened system, and they perpetuate disproportionate incarceration of Indigenous and Black people,” he added.
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https://www.thespec.com/politics/fed...30918b685.html
Not to worry, Ben. You sound like an expert someone like Pierre has no interest in listening to. Note this is the Benjamin Perrin who was "Special Adviser and Legal Counsel to the Prime Minister," one Stephen Harper. So he's not some bleeding heart liberal.