Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressed disbelief at a Supreme Court ruling against mandatory minimum jail sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography.

A nine judge panel with the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a tight 5-4 decision Friday that the one-year mandatory minimum sentence was unconstitutional.

It said cases cover a variety of situations and would remove the judges’ ability to impose sentences other than imprisonment when appropriate.

“These people [who commit these crimes] are predators. Disgusting scumbags who prey on children belong behind bars for the rest of their miserable lives,” said Ford on social media.

“The Notwithstanding Clause was designed to protect the will of the people. The federal government needs to use it to overturn this decision immediately.”

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