{"time": "2014-05-02 11:10:00", "attribution": {"en": "Ms. Roxanne James (Scarborough Centre, CPC)", "fr": "Mme Roxanne James (Scarborough-Centre, PCC)"}, "content": {"en": "

Mr. Speaker, Canadians know that the New Democrats have no plan when it comes to keeping streets and communities safe or building a correctional system that actually corrects criminal behaviour. They oppose common sense measures like preventing prisoners from making frivolous complaints. I wish they would make up their minds about prison spending.

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The member for Surrey North called on the government to cut prison spending saying, \u201cAstronomical spending on prisons isn't going to make communities safer\u201d, but just yesterday at the public safety committee, the NDP public safety critic actually called on the government to start throwing more money at prisons.

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On this side of the House we are clear. The government will not build any new prisons. In fact, we have actually closed two. We will also end the ridiculous and needless perks for offenders that Canadians find offensive.

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When it comes to keeping dangerous, violent criminals where they belong, we will keep them behind bars. I hope the New Democrats will stop their flip-flopping and finally support our common sense approach to keeping Canadians safe.

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Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Canadiens savent que les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates n'ont pas de plan pour assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des rues et des collectivit\u00e9s ou instaurer un syst\u00e8me correctionnel qui corrige vraiment le comportement criminel. Ils s'opposent \u00e0 des mesures sens\u00e9es, comme celle visant \u00e0 emp\u00eacher que les d\u00e9tenus fassent des plaintes frivoles. J'aimerais qu'ils arr\u00eatent de faire volte-face en ce qui concerne le financement des prisons.

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Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de Surrey-Nord avait demand\u00e9 au gouvernement de r\u00e9duire le financement des prisons. Il avait d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que ce n'est pas d\u00e9pensant des sommes astronomiques pour les prisons qu'on rendra les collectivit\u00e9s plus s\u00fbres. Pourtant, hier, au comit\u00e9 de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique, le porte-parole du NPD en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique a demand\u00e9 au gouvernement d'accro\u00eetre le financement des prisons.

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Notre position, de ce c\u00f4t\u00e9-ci de la Chambre, est claire. Le gouvernement ne construira aucune nouvelle prison. En fait, nous en avons ferm\u00e9 deux. Nous mettrons \u00e9galement fin aux avantages ridicules et inutiles dont profitent les d\u00e9linquants et que les Canadiens jugent offensants.

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Nous garderons les criminels dangereux et violents l\u00e0 o\u00f9 ils doivent \u00eatre: derri\u00e8re les barreaux. J'esp\u00e8re que les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates arr\u00eateront de faire volte-face et appuieront enfin notre approche sens\u00e9e visant \u00e0 assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Canadiens.

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