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{
    "time": "2005-09-27 16:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Paul Szabo",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I think I understand where the member is coming from. I am not sure that the member is aware of what I have been doing on this but I can assure him that I have had these conversations with the justice minister and the Deputy Prime Minister in her role in terms of security issues.</p>\n<p>I raised this issue because it came up in debate. Even the justice critic from the Conservative Party raised the matters of the sentence and stuff. I do not accept the rationalization that mandatory minimum sentencing does not work and is not a deterrent. I am not as concerned about deterrence as I am about someone who commits a serious violent crime. They need to be in jail to have the cold shower that being incarcerated brings. They need to know that as a society we believe that what they did was abhorrent and that this is part of the penalty. We know that a guy like Roszko, should not have been on the streets. The system let the families down because it did not deal with Roszko, the way he should have been dealt with.</p>\n<p>I raised this issue and I am asking other members to join with me to ensure they do what they can in whatever venues they can to influence the discussions, even at the justice committee when this legislation comes before it, so that the issues that are ancillary or related to <a href=\"/bills/997/\" class=\"related_link legislation\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons)\">Bill C-49</a> may bring some movement in terms of effective legislation and amendments to the Criminal Code.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2005/9/27/paul-szabo-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/paul-szabo/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3198/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2005/9/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2005%2F9%2F27%2F"
    }
}