Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2010-04-22 13:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Lynne Yelich (Minister of State (Western Economic Diversification), CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1890270\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, the member said this was all about a whim. Bill <a data-HoCid=\"4351027\" href=\"/bills/40-3/C-5/\" title=\"An Act to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act\">C-5</a> is about ensuring the <a data-HoCid=\"147112\" href=\"/politicians/vic-toews/\" title=\"Vic Toews\">Minister of Public Safety</a> may consider public safety as part of the decision making process for the transfer of offenders. The bill includes a factor that in the opinion of the Minister of Public Safety the offender's return to Canada would endanger public safety. It would allow the minister to consider, among other things, the safety of victims, the safety of the child and the safety of members in the offender's family, factors such as whether the offender was likely to continue criminal activity in Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1890271\" data-originallang=\"en\">These are the principles on which the minister would base his opinion. It is far from being a whim, opinions such as an offender in poor health, or has co-operated with law officials or has acknowledged harm done to victims and communities. Those are the factors not whims that the minister would use in his discretionary power. These are sensible changes and they are about their commitment to protect the rights of victims or commitment to increase the responsibility of offenders. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1890272\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is nothing wrong with increasing the responsibility of the offenders. It is a part that the member does not speak to at all. When he speaks about the whim of a minister, it is not about the strength the minister has, it is about strengthening our commitment for the rights of victims.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1890273\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to know where he thinks that there is a not a responsibility of offenders. What about making our communities safer as a whole?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1890270\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a dit que tout cela n'\u00e9tait qu'un caprice. Le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"4351027\" href=\"/bills/40-3/C-5/\" title=\"An Act to amend the International Transfer of Offenders Act\">C-5</a> vise \u00e0 faire en sorte que le <a data-HoCid=\"147112\" href=\"/politicians/vic-toews/\" title=\"Vic Toews\">ministre de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique</a> puisse tenir compte de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique comme facteur dans le processus d\u00e9cisionnel concernant le transf\u00e8rement des d\u00e9linquants. Parmi les facteurs \u00e9nonc\u00e9s dans le projet de loi, il y a le fait que, de l'avis du ministre, le retour au Canada du d\u00e9linquant mettra en p\u00e9ril la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique. Le ministre pourrait aussi tenir compte, entre autres, de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des victimes, de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 d'un enfant et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des membres de la famille du d\u00e9linquant, et d'autres facteurs comme le fait que le d\u00e9linquant est susceptible de continuer \u00e0 commettre des activit\u00e9s criminelles au Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1890271\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce sont l\u00e0 les principes sur lesquels le ministre fonderait son opinion. Tout cela n'a rien d'un caprice. Parmi les autres facteurs, il y a la sant\u00e9 du d\u00e9linquant, le fait que le d\u00e9linquant a coop\u00e9r\u00e9 avec les responsables de l'application de la loi ou a reconnu le tort qu\u2019il a caus\u00e9 aux victimes et \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Voil\u00e0 les facteurs dont le ministre pourrait tenir compte gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce pouvoir discr\u00e9tionnaire. Ce n'est pas un caprice. Ce sont des changements sens\u00e9s li\u00e9s \u00e0 notre engagement \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger les droits des victimes et \u00e0 accro\u00eetre la responsabilit\u00e9 des d\u00e9linquants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1890272\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il n'y a rien de mal \u00e0 accro\u00eetre la responsabilit\u00e9 des d\u00e9linquants. C'est un aspect du projet de loi dont le d\u00e9put\u00e9 n'a pas parl\u00e9 du tout. Il a dit que ce n'\u00e9tait qu'un caprice du ministre. Pourtant, il ne s'agit pas ici de donner un pouvoir accru au ministre, mais plut\u00f4t de renforcer notre engagement \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des victimes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1890273\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais savoir pourquoi il pense que les d\u00e9linquants n'ont pas de responsabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 assumer. Et ne croit-il pas qu'il serait bon de rendre nos collectivit\u00e9s plus s\u00fbres?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/4/22/lynne-yelich-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/lynne-yelich/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1529/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3113386",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Keeping Canadians Safe (International Transfer of Offenders) Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/4/22/",
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