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{
"time": "2007-05-17 15:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Marlene Jennings",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"632109\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it was a Liberal government that brought in mandatory minimum sentencing for firearm related crimes. There is a whole category of them where currently it is a minimum of one year. There is second category of designated offences where currently it is four years. In committee, and again at report stage in the House, the Liberal members attempted to increase the one year to two years and the four years to five years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"632110\" data-originallang=\"en\"> What we oppose is escalating mandatory minimum penalties. That is where if a person reoffends, the judge will have no discretion. The studies have shown and the experts have stated that it does not work.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"632109\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est un gouvernement lib\u00e9ral qui a instaur\u00e9 des peines minimales obligatoires pour des actes criminels commis avec des armes \u00e0 feu. Il en existe actuellement toute une s\u00e9rie pour lesquels la peine minimale est d'un an. Une deuxi\u00e8me cat\u00e9gorie d'infractions d\u00e9sign\u00e9es est actuellement assortie d'une peine minimale de quatre ans. \u00c0 l'\u00e9tape du comit\u00e9, puis \u00e0 celle du rapport, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s lib\u00e9raux ont tent\u00e9 de faire passer \u00e0 deux ans les peines d'un an et \u00e0 cinq ans les peines de quatre ans. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"632110\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce \u00e0 quoi nous nous opposons, ce sont les peines minimales de s\u00e9v\u00e9rit\u00e9 croissante. Cela signifie que si une personne r\u00e9cidive, le juge n'aura aucune marge de manoeuvre. Les \u00e9tudes ont d\u00e9montr\u00e9 et les experts ont d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que cela n'\u00e9tait pas efficace.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/5/17/marlene-jennings-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/marlene-jennings/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2702/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2096466",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/5/17/",
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}
}