News Analysis Proposed federal legislation could put someone in jail for 10 years for protesting outside a hospital, while other legislation promised by the Liberal government would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for many drug and weapon offences, including certain violent gun crimes. Bill C-3, whose second reading is in progress in the House, adds a Criminal Code offence for anyone who acts “with the intent to provoke a state of fear” in order to prevent someone from obtaining health services or to impede health professionals or their assistants from doing their jobs. Anyone who “intentionally obstructs or interferes with another person’s lawful access to a place at which health services are provided by a health professional” commits an offence. The maximum sentence is 10 years’ imprisonment. At the same time, the Liberals have re-introduced the former Bill C-22 under the premise of reducing “overrepresentation” of black, indigenous, and marginalized people …