Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2010-12-14 13:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2255838\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, this bill covers a fair range of activity covered in the Criminal Code and it may be difficult to see all of the other pieces.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2255839\" data-originallang=\"en\">One of the situations that I was a little concerned about was with regard to restitution. Victims have to fill out a form and I am wondering what happens when victims can demonstrate that they have real losses, but they have lost everything and do not have the resources to prepare the restitution statement. I believe it is argued by the Crown, but there are probably some expenses involved. It concerns me that it may be a fruitless exercise if there is no way to access any resources. There is no certitude there.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2255840\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would question whether it is necessary for the court in all cases to give reasons for its decision that it would not make a restitution order. That concerns me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2255841\" data-originallang=\"en\">The other thing that concerns me is probably the most important aspect. It has become clear from virtually all of the speakers that the absence of resources at the provincial level to enforce the laws means that even very serious Ponzi or pyramid-type schemes will never be dealt with in the courts and people will get away with it simply because a rape case comes before a Ponzi scheme, which is the situation in Ontario. Perhaps the member would like to comment.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2255838\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce projet de loi s'appliquerait \u00e0 une gamme assez vaste d'activit\u00e9s vis\u00e9es par le Code criminel et il pourrait \u00eatre difficile d'avoir une bonne vue d'ensemble de la situation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2255839\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voici une de mes pr\u00e9occupations. Pour avoir droit \u00e0 un d\u00e9dommagement, les victimes sont tenues de remplir un formulaire. Je me demande ce qui arrive quand elles peuvent prouver qu'elles ont subi de v\u00e9ritables pertes, mais que, ayant tout perdu, elles ne disposent pas de suffisamment de ressources pour pr\u00e9parer la d\u00e9claration relative au d\u00e9dommagement. Je pense que c'est la Couronne qui se charge des poursuites, mais la d\u00e9marche occasionne probablement des d\u00e9penses pour les victimes. Cela me pr\u00e9occupe parce que l'exercice pourrait s'av\u00e9rer futile s'il est impossible d'obtenir les ressources voulues. Le projet de loi n'offre aucune garantie de d\u00e9dommagement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2255840\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je doute que le tribunal soit toujours oblig\u00e9 de donner les raisons pour lesquelles il d\u00e9cide de ne pas rendre une ordonnance de d\u00e9dommagement. Cela me pose un probl\u00e8me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2255841\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon autre pr\u00e9occupation est li\u00e9e \u00e0 ce qui constitue probablement la plus importante des lacunes du projet de loi. D'apr\u00e8s ce que pratiquement tous les intervenants ont dit, l'absence de ressources provinciales pour assurer l'application de la loi signifie que m\u00eame de graves combines \u00e0 la Ponzi ou de type pyramidal ne seront jamais port\u00e9es devant les tribunaux. Cela veut dire que les coupables s'en tireraient indemnes pour la simple raison qu'une affaire de viol passe avant une affaire de combine \u00e0 la Ponzi. C'est probablement ce qui arrive en Ontario. Qu'en pense le d\u00e9put\u00e9? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/12/14/paul-szabo-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/paul-szabo/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3198/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3681193",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Standing up for Victims of White Collar Crime Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/12/14/",
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