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{
"time": "2012-05-17 11:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Denis Coderre (Bourassa, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2887627\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2887628\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In any case, I think we are all very moved by these situations. We all want to protect our children. So it is not a partisan issue, but a question of justice and security. Will our environment be safer if we increase the minimum sentence?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2887629\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We also need to answer another question. Should we be tying the hands of a judge who could have the capacity to make a decision based on the situation?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2887630\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is not a curve to you, Mr. Freeman, but do you trust the way judges work right now? Do you believe in their judgment? That's an important question. There could be a situation where the judge says he is not going to go there. We already have some provisions in the law, the Criminal Code, where you can get up to life in prison. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2887631\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'm not a lawyer. I'm a father too. I'd like to have your thoughts on that.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2887627\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2887628\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je pense que, de toute fa\u00e7on, nous sommes tous tr\u00e8s \u00e9mus par ces situations. Nous voulons tous prot\u00e9ger nos enfants. Ce n'est donc pas une question partisane, mais une question de justice et de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Serions-nous dans un environnement plus s\u00e9curitaire si on augmentait la peine minimale?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2887629\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il faut aussi r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 une autre question. Doit-on lier les mains d'un juge qui pourrait avoir la capacit\u00e9 de prendre une d\u00e9cision en fonction de la situation?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2887630\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce n'est pas une attaque indirecte, monsieur Freeman, mais avez-vous confiance dans la fa\u00e7on dont les juges travaillent \u00e0 l'heure actuelle? Pensez-vous qu'ils ont un bon jugement? C'est une question importante. Il pourrait survenir une situation o\u00f9 le juge estimerait qu'il ne faut pas aller jusque-l\u00e0. Nous avons \u00e9galement des dispositions dans nos lois, dans le Code criminel, qui pr\u00e9voient l'emprisonnement \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2887631\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne suis pas avocat. Je suis \u00e9galement p\u00e8re. J'aimerais savoir ce que vous en pensez. </p>"
},
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