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{
"time": "2010-10-07 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Kelly Block (Saskatoon\u2014Rosetown\u2014Biggar, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2094216\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, our government is committed to supporting victims of crime, particularly the most vulnerable among us: our children. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2094217\" data-originallang=\"en\">Today the <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">Minister of Justice</a>, along with the <a data-HoCid=\"158370\" href=\"/politicians/shelly-glover/\" title=\"Shelly Glover\">Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development</a>, announced funding of $5.25 million for the creation and enhancement of child advocacy centres to help better serve young victims and witnesses of crime. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2094218\" data-originallang=\"en\">Child advocacy centres aim to minimize the trauma of being a child victim of crime. These advocacy centres are a collaborative team of professionals who work in a child-friendly setting to help a child victim or witness navigate the criminal justice system.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2094219\" data-originallang=\"en\">The work of the advocacy centre staff greatly reduces the emotional and mental harm to the child, and their approach often improves the quality of evidence brought forward in trials. Better evidence can lead to more charges laid, a higher rate of guilty pleas and convictions, and more appropriate sentences. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2094220\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like my hon. colleagues to join me in congratulating our government for this encouraging announcement.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2094216\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement est d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 soutenir les victimes d\u2019actes criminels, particuli\u00e8rement les plus vuln\u00e9rables parmi nous: nos enfants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2094217\" data-originallang=\"en\">Aujourd'hui, le <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">ministre de la Justice</a> et la <a data-HoCid=\"158370\" href=\"/politicians/shelly-glover/\" title=\"Shelly Glover\">secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien</a> ont annonc\u00e9 un financement de 5,25 millions de dollars pour la cr\u00e9ation et l\u2019am\u00e9lioration de centres d\u2019appui aux enfants afin de mieux servir les jeunes victimes et les jeunes ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 t\u00e9moins d\u2019un acte criminel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2094218\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les centres d\u2019appui aux enfants visent \u00e0 minimiser le traumatisme subi par un enfant victime d\u2019un acte criminel. Ils sont compos\u00e9s d'une \u00e9quipe de professionnels qui travaillent en collaboration dans un cadre adapt\u00e9 aux enfants, afin d\u2019aider les enfants victimes ou t\u00e9moins d'un crime \u00e0 se retrouver dans les m\u00e9andres du syst\u00e8me de justice p\u00e9nale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2094219\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le travail accompli par les employ\u00e9s des centres d'appui r\u00e9duit grandement les traumatismes \u00e9motifs ou mentaux subis par les enfants et leur approche am\u00e9liore souvent la qualit\u00e9 de la preuve pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e devant les tribunaux. Une meilleure preuve permet d\u2019obtenir davantage de mises en accusation, de plaidoyers de culpabilit\u00e9 et de d\u00e9clarations de culpabilit\u00e9 et m\u00e8ne au prononc\u00e9 de peines plus ad\u00e9quates.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2094220\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'invite mes coll\u00e8gues \u00e0 se joindre \u00e0 moi pour f\u00e9liciter notre gouvernement de cette annonce encourageante.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/10/7/kelly-block-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kelly-block/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/963/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3354055",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Child Advocacy Centres",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/10/7/",
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}