Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2010-12-15 17:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Alan Tonks",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2260163\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, as I indicated, I know that the allocation of the resources is not always linked to the results that we would like. There are too many times that they are not related. However, when we look at the IMET budget in 2007-08, which was around $13 million, and relate that to the statistics the member has quite rightly pointed out in terms of the full spectrum of fraud that exists and the number of charges that are laid, the RCMP itself has found that the resources are not enough. The RCMP has asked for over $30 million in the budget.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2260164\" data-originallang=\"en\">The other thing that is a factor with respect to the effectiveness of the application of laws is not only the enforcement, but it is the legislative regime itself. I would think that the member's question begs an answer not only with respect to monitoring the implementation of the bill and the additional allocation of resources, but the number of charges that are in fact going to be laid and acted upon. That will be the litmus test of both the enforcement and the changes in the legislation that provide for the Criminal Code and the justice system to deal with the nature of fraud that the member has pointed out.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2260163\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, comme je l'ai indiqu\u00e9, je sais que les ressources allou\u00e9es ne donnent pas toujours les r\u00e9sultats escompt\u00e9s. Trop souvent, il n'y a pas de corr\u00e9lation entre les deux. On peut examiner le budget de 2007-2008 des \u00e9quipes int\u00e9gr\u00e9es de police des march\u00e9s financiers, qui \u00e9tait d'environ 13 millions de dollars, en regard des statistiques sur la panoplie d'activit\u00e9s frauduleuses et le nombre d'accusations port\u00e9es que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a mentionn\u00e9es \u00e0 juste titre. D'ailleurs, la GRC elle-m\u00eame consid\u00e8re que ces \u00e9quipes ne disposent pas de suffisamment de ressources. La GRC a demand\u00e9 qu'on fasse passer le budget \u00e0 plus de 30 millions de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2260164\" data-originallang=\"en\">Parmi les autres facteurs qui ont une incidence sur l'efficacit\u00e9 de l'application des lois, on compte non seulement les mesures coercitives, mais aussi le r\u00e9gime l\u00e9gislatif m\u00eame. \u00c0 mon avis, la question du d\u00e9put\u00e9 ne soul\u00e8ve pas seulement l'enjeu de la surveillance de la mise en oeuvre du projet de loi et de l'affectation de ressources suppl\u00e9mentaires, mais aussi celui du nombre d'accusations qui seront port\u00e9es et auxquelles on donnera suite. Il s'agit l\u00e0 de l'\u00e9preuve d\u00e9cisive qui permettra d'\u00e9valuer si les mesures coercitives et les modifications propos\u00e9es permettront au Code criminel et au syst\u00e8me de justice p\u00e9nale de s'attaquer aux activit\u00e9s frauduleuses dont le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a parl\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/12/15/alan-tonks-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/alan-tonks/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1749/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3690266",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Standing up for Victims of White Collar Crime Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/12/15/",
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