Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-03-26 14:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the case to which I referred made the point I wanted to express, namely, that not all those persons serving time for murder are career criminals, are dangerous offenders and there are exceptional circumstances. The case to which I referred was just that, an exceptional circumstance.</p>\n<p>In the course of my address yesterday before the police association I told its members that I am working with the solicitor general on proposals which we are going to bring to caucus and then to cabinet to change section 745 to deal with the issues that have been raised in the public debate that has gone on now for some months in this country.</p>\n<p>We have not ruled out the repeal of the section but I made the point yesterday that if we were to simply repeal, as the Reform Party would have us do, many people contend it would overlook the hard fact that serving time for murder are people in exceptional circumstances. That is exactly the illustration I made with the case to which the hon. member has referred.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/3/26/allan-rock-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4501/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3172/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/3/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F3%2F26%2F"
    }
}