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{
"time": "2015-06-18 16:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bob Dechert (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Bob Dechert (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de la Justice, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4165434\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as we are approaching the end of the session, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank the people of Mississauga\u2014Erindale for the extraordinary privilege they have given me to represent them, since 2008, in this place. I hope to earn their trust again and return here in the fall. I look forward to seeing all of my colleagues here when I do.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165435\" data-originallang=\"en\">I rise today to speak in support of Bill <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a>, the life means life act. By eliminating parole eligibility for high treason and for the most heinous murders, the criminal law amendments in this bill would ensure that the worst offenders spend their entire lives in prison.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165436\" data-originallang=\"en\">The reforms in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a> grew out of the commitment made by our government in last fall's Speech from the Throne to amend the sentencing laws to ensure that a life sentence means a sentence for life for the most dangerous criminals.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165437\" data-originallang=\"en\">I predict that these proposals will be welcomed by the public as another important step by our government to protect Canadians from the most violent and incorrigible offenders. I also predict that they will be strongly welcomed by the families and loved ones of murder victims, who, under the laws that now stand, run the risk of being re-traumatized every time the offenders responsible for their losses apply for parole.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165438\" data-originallang=\"en\">In that respect, I think of Sharon Rosenfeldt, the mother of one of Clifford Olson's victims, who, along with her family, had to go to parole hearings every two years, under the old faint hope clause regime, to hear Clifford Olson tell them why he should be released. They had to relive the trauma of losing their son every two years, time and time again.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165439\" data-originallang=\"en\">In this respect, Bill <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a> would complement other victim-oriented measures sponsored by our government, such as Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6503398\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-32/\" title=\"An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts\">C-32</a>, the Victims Bill of Rights Act. A key purpose of both Bill <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a> and Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6503398\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-32/\" title=\"An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts\">C-32</a> is to prevent those who have already been victimized by criminals from being re-victimized by the criminal justice system.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165440\" data-originallang=\"en\">As I mentioned, the reforms set out in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a> target high treason and certain forms of murder. Both offences are currently subject to a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, with the right to apply for parole after a set period of time in custody.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4165434\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, puisque la fin de la session approche, je tiens \u00e0 profiter de l'occasion pour remercier les gens de Mississauga\u2014Erindale, qui me donnent l'extraordinaire privil\u00e8ge de les repr\u00e9senter dans cette enceinte depuis 2008. J'esp\u00e8re qu'ils me feront de nouveau confiance et que je serai de retour ici \u00e0 l'automne. J'ai bien h\u00e2te de revoir tous mes coll\u00e8gues lorsque je reviendrai ici.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165435\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je prends la parole aujourd'hui pour appuyer le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a>, Loi sur les peines de prison \u00e0 vie purg\u00e9es en entier. Les modifications au droit p\u00e9nal pr\u00e9vues dans le projet de loi, qui visent \u00e0 refuser l'admissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle \u00e0 ceux reconnus coupables de haute trahison ou des meurtres les plus odieux, garantiront que les pires criminels passeront toute leur vie en prison.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165436\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les r\u00e9formes \u00e9nonc\u00e9es dans le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a> d\u00e9coulent de l'engagement pris par le gouvernement dans le discours du Tr\u00f4ne, l'automne dernier. Le gouvernement s'\u00e9tait alors engag\u00e9 \u00e0 modifier les lois r\u00e9gissant la d\u00e9termination de la peine afin de garantir que les criminels les plus dangereux qui sont condamn\u00e9s \u00e0 une peine d'emprisonnement \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 demeurent bel et bien en prison toute leur vie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165437\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je pr\u00e9dis que ces propositions seront accueillies favorablement par le public comme une autre mesure importante que prend le gouvernement pour prot\u00e9ger les Canadiens des d\u00e9linquants les plus violents et incorrigibles. Je pr\u00e9dis aussi que ces mesures seront aussi fort bien accueillies par les familles et les \u00eatres chers des victimes de meurtre qui, dans l\u2019\u00e9tat actuel du droit, risquent d\u2019\u00eatre traumatis\u00e9s de nouveau chaque fois que le d\u00e9linquant \u00e0 l\u2019origine de leurs pertes pr\u00e9sente une demande de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165438\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense notamment \u00e0 Sharon Rosenfeldt, la m\u00e8re de l'une des victimes de Clifford Olson; elle et sa famille ont d\u00fb assister tous les deux ans \u00e0 des audiences de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle, en vertu de l'ancien r\u00e9gime de la derni\u00e8re chance, pour entendre Clifford Olson dire pourquoi il devait \u00eatre lib\u00e9r\u00e9. Mme Rosenfeldt et sa famille ont d\u00fb revivre \u00e0 maintes reprises, tous les deux ans, le traumatisme de la perte de leur fils.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165439\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 cet \u00e9gard, le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a> serait le compl\u00e9ment d'autres mesures ax\u00e9es sur les victimes que parraine le gouvernement, comme le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6503398\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-32/\" title=\"An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts\">C-32</a>, la Loi sur la Charte des droits des victimes. Les projets de loi <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a> et <a data-HoCid=\"6503398\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-32/\" title=\"An Act to enact the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to amend certain Acts\">C-32</a> visent tous les deux \u00e0 emp\u00eacher que les victimes de criminels soient victimis\u00e9es de nouveau par le syst\u00e8me de justice p\u00e9nale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165440\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme je l'ai mentionn\u00e9, les r\u00e9formes pr\u00e9vues dans le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"7865843\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-53/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-53</a> ciblent les cas de haute trahison et certains types de meurtres. Les deux infractions sont actuellement passibles d'une peine obligatoire d'emprisonnement \u00e0 vie, assortie du droit de faire une demande de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle \u00e0 l'expiration d'une p\u00e9riode d'incarc\u00e9ration d\u00e9termin\u00e9e.</p>"
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"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Life Means Life Act",
"fr": "Loi sur les peines de prison \u00e0 vie purg\u00e9es en entier"
},
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