Madam Speaker, the bill is some 35 pages long. It would make 80 significant changes to the Criminal Code. In fact, the title of the bill is the bail and sentencing reform act.
The question I will put to the minister is regarding sentencing. He spoke very generally about the consecutive sentence aspect of the bill. He spoke about the aggravated features of the bill for sentencing purposes, but he did not mention the one particular clause in this 35-page bill that would increase the sentence for one particular offence.
Despite all the serious violent crime that is happening in this country, with extortion alone up 330% in 10 years, I would like to know why this particular Liberal justice minister and his government sought to change the penalty for contempt of court from 90 days to two years less one day. That is the only sentence in this bill that would be changed.