{"time": "2017-02-17 11:50:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Marco Mendicino (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)", "fr": "M. Marco Mendicino (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre de la Justice et procureure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du Canada, Lib.)"}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4758833\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I want to begin by saying that we all acknowledge that child sexual assault crimes are wrong, and we are doing everything in our power to prevent them from occurring again.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4758834\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our government firmly believes that mandatory minimum sentences are appropriate for the most serious offences. It is also clear that the last government introduced a number of mandatory minimums that have been systematically struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada, and that is why we must take a careful look at mandatory minimums going forward.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4758835\" data-originallang=\"en\">Our government is committed to doing that so that we have an efficient, fair, accessible criminal justice system.</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4758833\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, avant toute chose, je tiens \u00e0 souligner que nous reconnaissons tous la gravit\u00e9 des crimes sexuels perp\u00e9tr\u00e9s contre des enfants, et que nous mettons tout en oeuvre pour emp\u00eacher que de tels crimes se produisent de nouveau.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4758834\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral est fermement convaincu qu'il est appropri\u00e9 de pr\u00e9voir des peines minimales obligatoires pour les infractions les plus graves. Par ailleurs, il est clair que le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent a instaur\u00e9 plusieurs peines minimales que la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada a syst\u00e9matiquement invalid\u00e9es. Un examen minutieux des peines minimales s'impose donc.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4758835\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral est r\u00e9solu \u00e0 proc\u00e9der \u00e0 cet examen, dans le but d'assurer l'efficacit\u00e9, l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 et l'accessibilit\u00e9 du syst\u00e8me de justice p\u00e9nale.</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2017/2/17/marco-mendicino-3/", "politician_url": "/politicians/marco-mendicino/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4288/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "9387006", "h1": {"en": "Oral Questions", "fr": "Questions Orales"}, "h2": {"en": "Justice", "fr": "La justice"}, "document_url": "/debates/2017/2/17/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F2%2F17%2F"}}