{"time": "2010-05-03 17:55:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Kevin Sorenson", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "

Mr. Speaker, I will tell the House what a lot of our constituents tell me.

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We have sent out ten percenters into our own constituencies to judge some of the responses from our constituencies. A number of them have gone out asking a question regarding conditional sentences. Many constituents respond by asking, in the case where someone is an arsonist and burns down someone else's home, burns down someone else's property why would we then allow that person to complete the sentence in his or her own home?

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Many times we read about people who have breached the conditions in a conditional sentence. With respect to drug crimes, many have continued to either traffic or to be involved in that culture.

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I would say to the member for Yukon, it is correct that there is a difference between the former government and this government. We take the rights of victims very seriously. We look at the offenders. Protection of society is the guiding principle. In many severe cases we believe, my constituents believe and I believe that they need to be lived out. Offenders need to spend their time in prison doing time for their crime.

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Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je vais informer la Chambre des propos que tiennent bon nombre de mes \u00e9lecteurs.

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Nous avons envoy\u00e9 des dix-pour-cent dans nos propres circonscriptions afin d'\u00e9valuer les r\u00e9ponses de nos \u00e9lecteurs. Nous leur avons, entre autres, pos\u00e9 une question concernant les peines d'emprisonnement avec sursis. Bon nombre d'\u00e9lecteurs ont r\u00e9pondu en demandant pourquoi, par exemple, un pyromane qui incendie la maison de quelqu'un d'autre, qui r\u00e9duit en cendres la propri\u00e9t\u00e9 d'autrui, devrait avoir le droit de purger sa peine dans le confort de son foyer.

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Nous entendons souvent parler de condamn\u00e9s qui ont enfreint les conditions de leur peine d'emprisonnement avec sursis. Par exemple, dans le cas de crimes li\u00e9s aux drogues, ils sont nombreux \u00e0 avoir continu\u00e9 \u00e0 faire du trafic ou \u00e0 participer \u00e0 la culture de la drogue.

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Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de Yukon a raison; il y a une diff\u00e9rence entre l'actuel gouvernement et son pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur. Nous prenons les droits des victimes tr\u00e8s au s\u00e9rieux. Nous examinons les d\u00e9linquants de pr\u00e8s. Notre principe directeur est la protection de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Nous croyons, mes \u00e9lecteurs croient et je crois que, dans bon nombre de cas graves, les d\u00e9linquants doivent purger toute leur peine. Ils doivent purger, en prison, la peine \u00e0 laquelle ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9s pour leur crime.

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