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{
"time": "2011-09-27 17:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Geoff Regan (Halifax West, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Geoff Regan (Halifax-Ouest, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2477006\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I do not claim, by any means, to be an expert in matters related to crime. I studied a little bit at law school and have not done much in relation to it since.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2477007\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, I respect the view of Mr. Peter Blaikie, who is a distinguished Canadian lawyer and a former president of the Progressive Conservative Party. Earlier this year, he said:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"2477008\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Why is the tough-on-crime policy so appallingly bad? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2477009\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Perhaps most bizarrely, it runs counter to all the statistical evidence of significantly falling crime rates over the past 25 years. It rejects not only the expert evidence of those involved in the criminal-justice system directly, including the Correctional Service of Canada, but also that of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and others. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"2477010\" data-originallang=\"en\">What expertise does my hon. colleague have that she knows better than those folks?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2477006\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je ne pr\u00e9tends aucunement \u00eatre un sp\u00e9cialiste de la criminalit\u00e9. J'ai \u00e9tudi\u00e9 un peu ce sujet pendant mes \u00e9tudes en droit, mais je n'ai pas vraiment eu l'occasion de l'aborder de nouveau depuis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2477007\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cependant, je respecte le point de vue de M. Peter Blaikie, un \u00e9minent avocat canadien qui a d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 le pr\u00e9sident du Parti progressiste-conservateur. Plus t\u00f4t cette ann\u00e9e, il a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 ceci:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"2477008\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Pourquoi les politiques de r\u00e9pression de la criminalit\u00e9 sont-elles si mauvaises? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2477009\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Le plus \u00e9trange, c'est peut-\u00eatre le fait que ces politiques vont \u00e0 l'encontre de toutes les preuves statistiques, qui d\u00e9montrent que les taux de criminalit\u00e9 ont diminu\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on marqu\u00e9e au cours des 25 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. Elles vont non seulement \u00e0 l'encontre des preuves fournies par des sp\u00e9cialistes du syst\u00e8me de justice criminelle, dont le Service correctionnel du Canada, mais aussi de celles pr\u00e9sent\u00e9es par des psychiatres, des psychologues, des travailleurs sociaux et d'autres sp\u00e9cialistes. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"2477010\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quelle est l'expertise de ma coll\u00e8gue dans ce domaine, qui fait en sorte qu'elle en sait plus que ces gens sur le sujet?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/9/27/geoff-regan-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/geoff-regan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1640/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "4295803",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Safe Streets and Communities Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des rues et des communaut\u00e9s"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2011/9/27/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2011%2F9%2F27%2F"
}
}