That Bill C-10 be amended by restoring Clause 17 as follows:
    
      
  “17. Section 239 of the Act is replaced by the following:
      239. (1) Every person who attempts by any means to commit murder is guilty of an indictable offence and liable
      (a) if a restricted firearm or prohibited firearm is used in the commission of the offence or if any firearm is used in the commission of the offence and the offence is committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with, a criminal organization, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of
      (i) in the case of a first offence, five years,
      (ii) in the case of a second offence, seven years, and
      (iii) in the case of a third or subsequent offence, ten years;
      (a.1) in any other case where a firearm is used in the commission of the offence, to imprisonment for life and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of four years; and
      (b) in any other case, to imprisonment for life.
      (2) In determining, for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a), whether a convicted person has committed a second, third or subsequent offence, if the person was earlier convicted of any of the following offences, that offence is to be considered as an earlier offence:
      (a) an offence under this section;
      (b) an offence under subsection 85(1) or (2) or section 244; or
      (c) an offence under section 220, 236, 272 or 273, subsection 279(1) or section 279.1, 344 or 346 if a firearm was used in the commission of the offence.
      However, an earlier offence shall not be taken into account if ten years have elapsed between the day on which the person was convicted of the earlier offence and the day on which the person was convicted of the offence for which sentence is being imposed, not taking into account any time in custody.
      (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), the only question to be considered is the sequence of convictions and no consideration shall be given to the sequence of commission of offences or whether any offence occurred before or after any conviction.”