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{
"time": "2013-04-19 11:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Scott Armstrong (Cumberland\u2014Colchester\u2014Musquodoboit Valley, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Scott Armstrong (Cumberland\u2014Colchester\u2014Musquodoboit Valley, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3279798\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, my constituents in Nova Scotia and people throughout the Maritimes were shocked that yesterday Herbert John Hawkins, the brutal murderer of the beloved Cape Breton musician Shelly Boutilier, was granted leave.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3279799\" data-originallang=\"en\">Victims do not think it is right that convicted murderers are released into their safe communities, and our Conservative government agrees.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3279800\" data-originallang=\"en\">We believe that to keep our streets and communities safe, dangerous criminals should be kept behind bars where they belong. Our government has taken several measures to ensure that the rights of victims always come first. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3279801\" data-originallang=\"en\">We will soon bring forward legislation, the victims' bill of rights, to ensure that the rights of victims are always respected first and foremost.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3279802\" data-originallang=\"en\">Shelly did not get a second chance when he was brutally murdered and neither should his murderer. We will ensure that victims have a stronger say in our justice system so decisions like this will never be made again.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3279798\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, mes concitoyens en Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse et les habitants des provinces maritimes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 choqu\u00e9s d'apprendre hier que Herbert John Hawkins, qui a sauvagement assassin\u00e9 Shelly Boutilier, musicien bien-aim\u00e9 du Cap-Breton, a obtenu sa lib\u00e9ration.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3279799\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les victimes trouvent qu'il est inacceptable que des meurtriers soient remis en libert\u00e9 dans leurs localit\u00e9s s\u00fbres; notre gouvernement conservateur est du m\u00eame avis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3279800\" data-originallang=\"en\">Selon nous, pour assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de nos quartiers et de nos localit\u00e9s, les criminels dangereux devraient rester en prison comme il se doit. Notre gouvernement a pris plusieurs mesures pour s'assurer que les droits des victimes priment en tout temps.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3279801\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous comptons pr\u00e9senter sous peu un projet de loi \u00e9dictant une d\u00e9claration des droits des victimes pour faire en sorte que leurs droits soient toujours respect\u00e9s en priorit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3279802\" data-originallang=\"en\">Shelly n'a pas eu de deuxi\u00e8me chance lorsqu'il a \u00e9t\u00e9 brutalement assassin\u00e9, son meurtrier ne devrait pas en avoir non plus. Nous ferons en sorte que les victimes aient plus de poids dans le syst\u00e8me de justice afin que de telles d\u00e9cisions ne soient plus jamais prises. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/4/19/scott-armstrong-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/scott-armstrong/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3700/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7969618",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Public Safety",
"fr": "la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/4/19/",
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}
}