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{
    "time": "2010-04-28 15:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Vic Toews (Minister of Public Safety, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1906605\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, what I might want to mention to the member is that the cost of allowing criminals to avoid the consequences of their actions is much greater than the cost of incarceration.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1906606\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberals have shown that they have a fundamentally different view of what it means to be tough on crime. They believe that it is citizens who should be locked in their own houses while dangerous criminals are on the street. That is not the position of our party. We stand with the victims. We stand with the rights of Canadians even if he does not.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1906605\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 se rende compte qu'il est beaucoup plus on\u00e9reux de permettre aux criminels de se soustraire aux cons\u00e9quences de leurs actes que de les incarc\u00e9rer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1906606\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux ont d\u00e9montr\u00e9 qu'ils ont une compr\u00e9hension bien diff\u00e9rente de ce que signifie l'expression \u00ab s\u00e9vir contre la criminalit\u00e9 \u00bb. Ils sont d'avis que ce sont les citoyens qui devraient s'enfermer dans leur maison pendant que les criminels dangereux se prom\u00e8nent dans les rues. Ce n'est pas la position adopt\u00e9e par notre parti. Nous appuyons les victimes. Nous d\u00e9fendons les droits des Canadiens, m\u00eame si nos vis-\u00e0-vis ne le font pas. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/4/28/vic-toews-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/vic-toews/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1306/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3124734",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Access to Information",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/4/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F4%2F28%2F"
    }
}