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{
"time": "2018-09-17 16:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Randy Boissonnault (Edmonton Centre, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Randy Boissonnault (Edmonton-Centre, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5531970\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5531971\" data-originallang=\"fr\">My thanks to all the witnesses for joining us today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5531972\" data-originallang=\"fr\">My question is rather philosophical, but it deals with the fundamentals of democracy. You are the first representatives of a law society that we have had with us for this study. In your brief, you say this:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"5531973\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> \u2026the Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec welcomes any legislative initiative that has the effect of strengthening the independence of the courts, fostering judicial discretion, and ultimately, giving full effect to the principle of proportionality of sentencing. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"5531974\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why does the Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec feel that those three factors are so important, even critical?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5531970\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5531971\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je remercie tous les t\u00e9moins d'\u00eatre parmi nous aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5531972\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ma question est plut\u00f4t d'ordre philosophique, mais elle touche les fondements de la d\u00e9mocratie. Vous \u00eates les premiers repr\u00e9sentants d'un barreau que nous recevons lors de cette \u00e9tude. Dans votre m\u00e9moire, vous dites ceci:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"5531973\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> [...] le Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec accueille favorablement toute initiative l\u00e9gislative qui a pour effet de renforcer l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance des tribunaux, favoriser la discr\u00e9tion judiciaire et ultimement, donner plein effet au principe de proportionnalit\u00e9 des peines. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"5531974\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Pourquoi le Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec consid\u00e8re-t-il que ces trois \u00e9l\u00e9ments sont tr\u00e8s importants, voire critiques?</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/justice/42-1/104/randy-boissonnault-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/randy-boissonnault/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4392/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10239770",
"document_url": "/committees/justice/42-1/104/",
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}