Alberta’s justice minister has spoken out against the Liberal government’s firearms legislation for the second time this week, expressing concerns about the decision to remove mandatory minimal sentencing for gun crimes.
On Feb. 18, the federal government introduced Bill C-22, which seeks to amend the Criminal Code to repeal several mandatory minimum penalties for drug offences and gun crimes. In Canada, when a judge gives sentence to an offence punishable by the mandatory minimum penalty, the verdict must be equal to or greater than the minimum term for the offence.
