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{
"time": "2015-05-15 12:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. James Rajotte (Edmonton\u2014Leduc, CPC)",
"fr": "M. James Rajotte (Edmonton\u2014Leduc, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4109824\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to present a petition on behalf of many Canadians. It is a petition organized by Families For Justice, which is a group of Canadians who have unfortunately had a loved one killed by an impaired driver. They are people like Sheri Arsenault from my riding, the mother of 18-year-old Bradley Arsenault, who was killed along with his two friends, Kole Novak, also 18, and Thaddeus Lake who was 22. This was a very tragic incident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4109825\" data-originallang=\"en\">These families believe that Canada's impaired driving laws are much too lenient. They want the crime to be called what it is, vehicular homicide. It is the number one cause of criminal death in Canada. Over 1,200 Canadians are killed every year by a drunk driver. This group is calling for mandatory sentencing for vehicular homicide and for Parliament to support Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6848294\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-652/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (vehicular homicide)\">C-652</a>, Kassandra's law.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4109824\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis tr\u00e8s heureux de pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition au nom de nombreux Canadiens. La p\u00e9tition est organis\u00e9e par Families for Justice, un groupe de Canadiens qui ont malheureusement perdu un \u00eatre cher \u00e0 cause de la conduite avec facult\u00e9s affaiblies. Le groupe est form\u00e9 de personnes comme Sheri Arsenault, qui habite dans ma circonscription, la m\u00e8re de Bradley Arsenault, 18 ans, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 avec ses deux amis, Kole Novak, qui avait aussi 18 ans, et Thaddeus Lake, qui avait 22 ans. Ce fut une v\u00e9ritable trag\u00e9die. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4109825\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ces familles estiment que les lois canadiennes sur la conduite avec facult\u00e9s affaiblies sont beaucoup trop cl\u00e9mentes. Elles veulent que l'on appelle les choses par leur nom: cet acte criminel est un homicide commis au volant d'un v\u00e9hicule automobile. C'est la principale cause de d\u00e9c\u00e8s attribuable \u00e0 un acte criminel au Canada. Chaque ann\u00e9e, plus de 1 200 Canadiens sont tu\u00e9s par des conducteurs en \u00e9tat d'\u00e9bri\u00e9t\u00e9. Ce groupe r\u00e9clame des peines obligatoires pour l'homicide commis au volant d'un v\u00e9hicule automobile et demande au Parlement d'appuyer le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6848294\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-652/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (vehicular homicide)\">C-652</a>, la loi de Kassandra.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/5/15/james-rajotte-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/james-rajotte/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1248/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8704297",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires Courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": "P\u00e9titions"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Impaired Driving",
"fr": "La conduite avec facult\u00e9s affaiblies"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/5/15/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F5%2F15%2F"
}
}