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{
    "time": "2013-12-02 11:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg North, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux (Winnipeg-Nord, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3502203\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is great to see a higher sense of co-operation and recognition of value and effort, as we saw the bill go through a certain proceeding that normally would have taken a bit longer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3502204\" data-originallang=\"en\">I do have a question. When we talk about victims, all members of Parliament are concerned about the victims. However, as a general rule there is an area of restorative justice that government could move more toward wherever it can. I sat on a youth justice committee, and we found that when victims and perpetrators of a crime sit together there is a higher rate of resolving issues.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3502205\" data-originallang=\"en\">Although that would not have been possible in the crime cited by the member that precipitated the legislation, if he would not mind sharing it, I am interested in knowing the member's thoughts on the whole idea of restorative justice.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3502203\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je trouve formidable de voir que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s reconnaissent le m\u00e9rite du projet de loi et les efforts qui y ont \u00e9t\u00e9 consacr\u00e9s et que, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 leur collaboration, celui-ci ait pu franchir les \u00e9tapes plus rapidement que le d\u00e9lai normalement associ\u00e9 au processus. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3502204\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai cependant une question. Lorsqu'on parle des victimes, tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conviennent qu'il faut se pr\u00e9occuper de leur sort. Mais, en r\u00e8gle g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, il y a un volet de la justice r\u00e9paratrice auquel le gouvernement devrait avoir davantage recours chaque fois que c'est possible. J'ai si\u00e9g\u00e9 \u00e0 un comit\u00e9 de justice pour la jeunesse, et nous avons constat\u00e9 que lorsque les victimes et les auteurs d'un crime s'assoient ensemble en vue de trouver une solution, le taux de succ\u00e8s est plus \u00e9lev\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3502205\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bien que le recours \u00e0 la justice r\u00e9paratrice n'eut pas \u00e9t\u00e9 possible dans le cas du crime dont a parl\u00e9 le d\u00e9put\u00e9 et qui est \u00e0 l'origine du projet de loi, j'aimerais savoir ce que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pense d'une telle avenue.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/12/2/kevin-lamoureux-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8170776",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Private Members' Business",
        "fr": "Initiatives Parlementaires"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": "Le Code criminel"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/12/2/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F12%2F2%2F"
    }
}