Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2015-06-19 10:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Rick Dykstra (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Rick Dykstra (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre du Patrimoine canadien, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4165884\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, before I speak to 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, I first want to thank the member for <a data-HoCid=\"170439\" href=\"/politicians/james-rajotte/\" title=\"James Rajotte\">Edmonton\u2014Leduc</a> not only for his service to our country and to his riding for the last 15 years, but also for his friendship.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165885\" data-originallang=\"en\"> There is not a lot said about the relationships that are built here when we get elected. Those relationships are not just found among parties. There are relationships and friendships that are built over the period of time that we serve here on behalf of the people from our communities. The member has become one of my close friends, and I wish him all of the best in his future endeavours.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165886\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I also thank him for his time and his commitment to his riding, his community, and his country. It was clear when we heard him speak a moment ago that he is very passionate. He remains as passionate as he was as a young man entering this chamber 15 years ago. He may be a little older now and he may have a little more grey hair, but he is certainly just as passionate about his community and the country that we represent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165887\" data-originallang=\"en\">Turning to the bill before us, I am here 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. I believe that providing sentences of life imprisonment without parole for high treason and the most reprehensible forms of murder would ensure that the most dangerous murderers would never be free to endanger Canadians or their communities. Importantly, 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 align Canada's criminal justice system with those of other parliamentary democracies, like England, Australia, and New Zealand. It would also provide for sentences of life without parole for the most vicious murderers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165888\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In this context, the English whole life murder sentencing regime was the object of considerable study and analysis during the development 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 measures proposed in the life means life act have been carefully crafted to reflect Canadian legal principles and the Canadian experience with murder sentencing, while at the same time seeking to avoid some of the pitfalls encountered by the English in implementing their sentencing regime.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165889\" data-originallang=\"en\">Unlike in Canada where minimum parole ineligibility dates for first and second degree murder are mandatory and established by statute, in England the court assesses the seriousness of the murder and selects an appropriate parole ineligibility starting point. The normal parole ineligibility starting point is a presumptive 15 years, but more serious murders will lead to presumptive starting points of 25 years, 30 years, or even whole life. Once the starting point for calculating the parole ineligibility in any particular case has been determined, the court will then add or subtract from it after considering a list of aggravating or mitigating factors before arriving at a final minimum parole ineligibility period. At the expiry of that date, the convicted murderer may apply for parole.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165890\" data-originallang=\"en\">Under this English scheme, if the seriousness of the murder is exceptionally high, the starting point will be a whole life order. A whole life order precludes the offender from ever applying for parole or being released from custody, except by order of the secretary of state on compassionate grounds, such as terminal illness.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165891\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In England, there are four categories of murder for which the seriousness is exceptionally high. The first is multiple murder involving premeditation, abduction, or sexual or sadistic elements. The second is the murder of a child that involves abduction or sexual or sadistic elements. The third is murder to advance a political, religious, or ideological cause. The fourth is murder by any offender previously convicted of murder.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Under the English system, once the starting point and all of the aggravating and mitigating factors have been accounted for, a convicted murderer could end up with a final parole ineligibility date ranging from less than 15 years or all the way to the end of natural life in the form of a whole life order.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165893\" data-originallang=\"en\"> If we compare the English scheme with what is proposed by 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>, under Bill C-53, a sentence of life without parole would be mandatory for high treason and for the most morally repugnant murders, namely, premeditated murder committed against a police officer or correctional official, or committed during a sexual assault, kidnapping offence, or terrorist offence; or premeditated murder committed in such a brutal way as to indicate that the offender is unlikely to ever be restrained by normal standards of behaviour.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165894\" data-originallang=\"en\">A discretionary sentence of life without parole would be available for all other first degree murders, whether premeditated or not, as well as for second degree murder where the murderer has previously either committed murder or committed an intentional killing under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165895\" data-originallang=\"en\">In deciding whether to impose a sentence of life without parole, courts would consider \u201cthe character of the accused, the nature of the offence and the circumstances surrounding its commission\u201d and the recommendation by the jury.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165896\" data-originallang=\"en\">These are the same criteria the courts now use to decide whether a second degree murderer will serve a parole ineligibility period longer than 10 years, and whether a multiple murderer will serve consecutive periods of parole ineligibility.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165897\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are clear similarities between what is proposed 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> and the English whole life regime. Each penalizes the following categories of murders: those involving premeditation, abduction and sexual offences; those that are premeditated and involve sadistic elements, which 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> deals with under the heading of brutal murders; those committed in the context of terrorist activity, which the English refer to as murder to advance a political, religious or ideological cause; and those where the killer has murdered before.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165898\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite these similarities, there are several key differences between the proposed life means life scheme and the English whole life order regime.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165899\" data-originallang=\"en\">First, while the English scheme requires that anyone who commits premeditated murder involving abduction and sexually oriented offences must have murdered more than one victim in order to receive a whole life order, 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> does not impose such a restriction. Thus, anyone who commits the premeditated murder of a single victim in the course of a kidnapping, forcible confinement, abduction, or sexual assault would be subject to a life sentence of imprisonment without parole under 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>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165900\" data-originallang=\"en\">Yet another way in which the proposals 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> differ from the English whole life order scheme lies in the nature of the criteria for the discretionary imposition of life without parole.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165901\" data-originallang=\"en\">The English scheme contains a detailed list of aggravating and mitigating factors, whereas 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> does not allow for mitigating factors that would reduce the parole ineligibility period below the mandatory minimums set out in our Criminal Code. Nor does 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> rely on a list of such factors that may have to be updated from time to time. Instead, reliance is placed on the broad and flexible language capturing all such factors that is reflected in the long-established criteria referred to earlier that focus on the offender's character, the nature and circumstances of the murder and any recommendation in this regard by the jury.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165902\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is clear that 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> is not only necessary, but its time has come. When an individual commits the horrific crime of murder in the way that I have described in regard to 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>, their sentence should be whole life. The sentence should not be set in a position where any attempt at parole would be accepted.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165903\" data-originallang=\"en\">As we know, certainly from the perspective of a victim's family, having to attend a parole hearing is a kind of torture in a way by having to replay and revisit a most terrible time in their lives. This is not something that is acceptable. It is not something that this government has ever spoken about in the last 10 years in terms of being acceptable. That is why 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> is one that should be enacted. It should certainly be part of our legislative process when it comes to justice, and it should be a bill that both sides of this House supports. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4165884\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, avant de parler du 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, je tiens \u00e0 remercier le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'<a data-HoCid=\"170439\" href=\"/politicians/james-rajotte/\" title=\"James Rajotte\">Edmonton\u2014Leduc</a> pour les services qu'il a rendus au Canada et \u00e0 sa circonscription depuis 15 ans, ainsi que pour son amiti\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165885\" data-originallang=\"en\">On n'a pas beaucoup parl\u00e9 des liens qui se tissent \u00e0 la Chambre lorsqu'on devient d\u00e9put\u00e9. Ces liens ne s'\u00e9tablissent pas seulement parmi les membres d'un parti. Pendant tout le temps o\u00f9 nous repr\u00e9sentons les gens de notre circonscription \u00e0 la Chambre, il y a des relations et des amiti\u00e9s qui se cr\u00e9ent. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 est devenu un des mes bons amis, et je lui souhaite bon succ\u00e8s dans tout ce qu'il entreprendra.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165886\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je le remercie aussi pour le temps et l'\u00e9nergie qu'il a consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 sa circonscription, \u00e0 ses concitoyens et \u00e0 son pays. Il a d\u00e9montr\u00e9 beaucoup d'enthousiasme tout \u00e0 l'heure. Il est toujours aussi fougueux qu'il y a 15 ans, lorsqu'il \u00e9tait un jeune homme nouvellement \u00e9lu. Il est peut-\u00eatre un peu plus vieux aujourd'hui et il a peut-\u00eatre un peu plus de cheveux gris, mais ses concitoyens et notre pays le passionnent toujours autant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165887\" data-originallang=\"en\">Passons maintenant au projet de loi dont nous sommes saisis. 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. \u00c0 mon avis, en condamnant \u00e0 l'emprisonnement \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 sans possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle les personnes reconnues coupables de haute trahison ou d'un meurtre absolument sordide, on fait en sorte que les meurtriers les plus dangereux ne soient jamais remis en libert\u00e9 pour menacer les gens de leur coin ou d'ailleurs au pays. 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> harmonisera notre syst\u00e8me de justice p\u00e9nale avec ceux d'autres d\u00e9mocraties parlementaires, notamment l'Angleterre, l'Australie et la Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande. Il \u00e9tablira des peines d'emprisonnement \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 sans possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle pour les meurtriers les plus odieux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165888\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans ce contexte, le r\u00e9gime britannique de condamnation \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 pour meurtre a fait l'objet d'une \u00e9tude et d'une analyse approfondies au cours de l'\u00e9laboration du 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>. Les mesures propos\u00e9es dans la Loi sur les peines de prison \u00e0 vie purg\u00e9es en entier ont \u00e9t\u00e9 soigneusement formul\u00e9es afin de refl\u00e9ter les principes juridiques du Canada et l'exp\u00e9rience canadienne en mati\u00e8re de d\u00e9termination de la peine pour les meurtres tout en \u00e9vitant le plus possible les \u00e9cueils rencontr\u00e9s par les Britanniques dans la mise en oeuvre de leur syst\u00e8me en cette mati\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165889\" data-originallang=\"en\">Contrairement \u00e0 ce qui se fait au Canada, o\u00f9 le temps d'\u00e9preuve minimal pour l'admissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle dans les cas de meurtre au premier et au deuxi\u00e8me degr\u00e9 est obligatoire et fix\u00e9 par voie l\u00e9gislative, en Angleterre, le tribunal \u00e9value la gravit\u00e9 du meurtre et d\u00e9cide d'une peine plancher appropri\u00e9e. Celle-ci est normalement pr\u00e9\u00e9tablie \u00e0 15 ans, mais pour les meurtres plus graves, elle peut \u00eatre de 25 ou 30 ans, voire pour la vie. Une fois qu'a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9tablie la peine plancher servant \u00e0 calculer le temps d'\u00e9preuve pour l'admissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle dans un cas donn\u00e9, le tribunal ajoute ou soustrait des ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s avoir pris en consid\u00e9ration les facteurs aggravants ou att\u00e9nuants afin d'arriver \u00e0 la d\u00e9termination finale de la p\u00e9riode minimale d'inadmissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle. \u00c0 la fin de cette p\u00e9riode, le meurtrier peut pr\u00e9senter une demande de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165890\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans le syst\u00e8me britannique, si le meurtre est d'une extr\u00eame gravit\u00e9, la peine plancher sera une peine d'emprisonnement \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9. Dans un tel cas, le d\u00e9linquant ne pourra pas pr\u00e9senter de demande de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle ni \u00eatre remis en libert\u00e9, sauf en vertu d'une ordonnance du secr\u00e9taire d'\u00c9tat pour des consid\u00e9rations d'ordre humanitaire \u2014 si la personne est atteinte d'une maladie en phase terminale, par exemple. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165891\" data-originallang=\"en\">En Angleterre, il y a quatre cat\u00e9gories de meurtres assorties de peines particuli\u00e8rement s\u00e9v\u00e8res. La premi\u00e8re est celle des meurtres multiples avec pr\u00e9m\u00e9ditation ou enl\u00e8vement ou avec des \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00e0 caract\u00e8re sexuel ou sadique. La deuxi\u00e8me est constitu\u00e9e des meurtres d'enfant avec enl\u00e8vement ou avec des \u00e9l\u00e9ments \u00e0 caract\u00e8re sexuel ou sadique. La troisi\u00e8me est le meurtre pour promouvoir une cause politique, religieuse ou id\u00e9ologique. La quatri\u00e8me est le meurtre commis par une personne qui a d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 condamn\u00e9e pour meurtre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans le syst\u00e8me anglais, une fois pris en compte la peine plancher ainsi que tous les facteurs aggravants et les circonstances att\u00e9nuantes, une personne condamn\u00e9e pour meurtre peut se retrouver avec une p\u00e9riode d'inadmissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle allant de moins de 15 ans au reste de sa vie, en vertu d'une ordonnance \u00e0 cette fin.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165893\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par comparaison avec le r\u00e9gime anglais, 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> propose qu'une condamnation \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 sans possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle soit obligatoire dans les cas de haute trahison et pour les meurtres les plus r\u00e9pugnants, notamment le meurtre pr\u00e9m\u00e9dit\u00e9 d'un policier ou d'un agent de correction ou un meurtre commis lors d'une agression sexuelle, un enl\u00e8vement, un attentat terroriste ou un meurtre pr\u00e9m\u00e9dit\u00e9 d'une nature si brutale qu'on peut penser qu'il est peu probable qu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019avenir le d\u00e9linquant soit r\u00e9fr\u00e9n\u00e9 par les normes ordinaires de comportement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165894\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le juge aurait le pouvoir discr\u00e9tionnaire d\u2019imposer une peine d\u2019emprisonnement \u00e0 vie sans possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle pour tous les autres meurtres au premier degr\u00e9, pr\u00e9m\u00e9dit\u00e9s ou non, et les meurtres au second degr\u00e9 lorsque l\u2019accus\u00e9 a d\u00e9j\u00e0 soit commis un meurtre soit tu\u00e9 intentionnellement aux termes de la Loi sur les crimes contre l\u2019humanit\u00e9 et les crimes de guerre. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165895\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au moment de d\u00e9cider d'imposer une peine d'emprisonnement \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 sans possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle, les tribunaux tiendraient compte \u00ab du caract\u00e8re de l\u2019accus\u00e9, de la nature de l\u2019infraction et des circonstances de sa perp\u00e9tration \u00bb ainsi que de la recommandation du jury.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165896\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les tribunaux utilisent actuellement les m\u00eames crit\u00e8res pour d\u00e9terminer si la p\u00e9riode d'inadmissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle de l'auteur d'un meurtre au deuxi\u00e8me degr\u00e9 d\u00e9passera 10 ans et si l'auteur de plusieurs meurtres se verra imposer des p\u00e9riodes cons\u00e9cutives d'inadmissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 la lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165897\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il existe des ressemblances manifestes entre les mesures propos\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> et le r\u00e9gime britannique d'emprisonnement \u00e0 vie. Tous deux sanctionnent les cat\u00e9gories de meurtre suivantes: les meurtres pr\u00e9m\u00e9dit\u00e9s qui mettent en cause des infractions d'enl\u00e8vement et d'ordre sexuel; les meurtres pr\u00e9m\u00e9dit\u00e9s qui comportent des aspects sadiques, qualifi\u00e9s de meurtres brutaux 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>; les meurtres commis dans le cadre d'actes terroristes, que le r\u00e9gime britannique d\u00e9finit comme meurtres visant \u00e0 promouvoir une cause politique, religieuse ou id\u00e9ologique; et les cas o\u00f9 le tueur n'en est pas \u00e0 son premier meurtre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165898\" data-originallang=\"en\">Malgr\u00e9 ces ressemblances, la Loi sur les peines de prison \u00e0 vie purg\u00e9es en entier propos\u00e9e et le r\u00e9gime britannique d'emprisonnement \u00e0 vie comportent plusieurs diff\u00e9rences fondamentales.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165899\" data-originallang=\"en\">Premi\u00e8rement, dans le r\u00e9gime britannique, quiconque commet un meurtre pr\u00e9m\u00e9dit\u00e9 mettant en cause des infractions d'enl\u00e8vement et d'ordre sexuel doit avoir tu\u00e9 plus d'une victime pour \u00eatre passible d'un emprisonnement \u00e0 vie. Par contre, une telle restriction ne figure pas 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>. Ainsi, en vertu du 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>, quiconque commet avec pr\u00e9m\u00e9ditation le meurtre d'une seule victime mettant en cause un enl\u00e8vement, la s\u00e9questration ou une agression sexuelle est passible d'une peine d'emprisonnement \u00e0 vie sans possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165900\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les propositions contenues 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> diff\u00e8rent aussi du syst\u00e8me britannique de peines \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 par la nature des crit\u00e8res rattach\u00e9s au pouvoir discr\u00e9tionnaire d'imposer une peine \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 sans possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165901\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le syst\u00e8me anglais comprend une liste d\u00e9taill\u00e9e de circonstances aggravantes et de circonstances att\u00e9nuantes, tandis que 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> ne pr\u00e9voit aucune circonstance att\u00e9nuante pouvant r\u00e9duire la p\u00e9riode d'inadmissibilit\u00e9 \u00e0 une dur\u00e9e moindre que les dur\u00e9es minimales obligatoires \u00e9tablies dans le Code criminel. 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> ne contient aucune liste de circonstances qui pourrait devoir \u00eatre mise \u00e0 jour de temps \u00e0 autre. Les dispositions sont plut\u00f4t formul\u00e9es de mani\u00e8re g\u00e9n\u00e9rale et souple, afin d'inclure les crit\u00e8res dont les tribunaux tiennent compte depuis longtemps et dont il a \u00e9t\u00e9 question tout \u00e0 l'heure. Il s'agit principalement de la personnalit\u00e9 du d\u00e9linquant, de la nature et des circonstances du meurtre et des recommandations \u00e9ventuellement faites \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard par le jury.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165902\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est clair que 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> est n\u00e9cessaire et que le temps est venu de l'adopter. Lorsqu'un individu commet un meurtre horrible du genre qui est d\u00e9fini 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>, sa peine devrait \u00eatre l'emprisonnement \u00e0 perp\u00e9tuit\u00e9 sans aucune possibilit\u00e9 de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle. Il ne devrait pas \u00eatre possible, pour le d\u00e9linquant, de pr\u00e9senter une demande de lib\u00e9ration qui risquerait d'\u00eatre accept\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4165903\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous sommes bien conscients de la perspective de la famille de la victime. Pour ces gens, assister \u00e0 une audience de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle est une forme de torture. Ils doivent chaque fois revivre un moment terrible de leur vie. Ce n'est pas acceptable. Au cours des 10 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, le gouvernement n'a jamais dit que c'\u00e9tait acceptable. Voil\u00e0 pourquoi 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> devrait \u00eatre adopt\u00e9. Les dispositions propos\u00e9es devraient certainement \u00eatre int\u00e9gr\u00e9es \u00e0 nos lois en mati\u00e8re de justice, et toute la Chambre devrait appuyer ce projet de loi.</p>"
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    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
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        "en": "Life Means Life Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur les peines de prison \u00e0 vie purg\u00e9es en entier"
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