Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-11-20 15:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Arif Virani (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Arif Virani (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre de la Justice et procureure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale du Canada, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5676187\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, by way of a comment, I would indicate to the member opposite that federal-provincial-territorial conferences have been held about this very issue, responding to the Jordan decision, which was rendered two years ago. There have also been extensive consultations around the country, both in person and online, to hear from Canadians. Therefore, \u201cramming this through\u201d is probably a bit of a mischaracterization for this bill. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5676188\" data-originallang=\"en\">With respect to my question, what I would put to my friend opposite is this. The very specific way we are responding to the problem of domestic violence is by categorizing it as \u201cintimate partner violence\u201d, by expanding the definition of who an intimate partner can be, including a dating partner or a non-married spouse, and ensuring that the penalties for intimate partner violence are increased. I know the member opposite and many of his colleagues care deeply about victims rights. In the case of victims of domestic violence, we absolutely abide by that and hear those kinds of criticisms. Therefore, could the member comment on whether he approves our changes to the intimate partner violence provisions and the increased penalties for people who are guilty of that kind of domestic violence?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5676187\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en guise de commentaire, je r\u00e9pondrais au d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face que des conf\u00e9rences f\u00e9d\u00e9rales-provinciales-territoriales ont \u00e9t\u00e9 consacr\u00e9es \u00e0 ce sujet dans la foul\u00e9e de l'arr\u00eat Jordan, rendu il y a deux ans. On a aussi men\u00e9 de vastes consultations partout au pays, en personne et en ligne, pour recueillir le point de vue des Canadiens. Il est donc probablement trompeur d'affirmer qu'on cherche \u00e0 faire adopter ce projet de loi \u00e0 toute vapeur. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5676188\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je reviens donc \u00e0 la question que j'aimerais poser au d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face. Nous avons choisi une voie tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9cise pour lutter contre le probl\u00e8me de la violence conjugale, et c'est de la d\u00e9crire comme un acte de \u00ab violence contre un partenaire intime \u00bb, d'\u00e9largir la d\u00e9finition de partenaire intime pour qu'elle couvre les partenaires amoureux et les conjoints de fait, et d'augmenter la peine maximale associ\u00e9e \u00e0 la violence contre un partenaire intime. Je sais que les droits des victimes ont beaucoup d'importance pour le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face et bon nombre de ses coll\u00e8gues. Dans le cas des victimes de violence conjugale, nous sommes tout \u00e0 fait de leur avis et nous sommes conscients des critiques. Dans ce contexte, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait-il nous dire s'il approuve les changements que nous avons apport\u00e9s aux dispositions sur la violence contre un partenaire intime, de m\u00eame que l'augmentation des peines pour les personnes reconnues coupables de ce genre de violence?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/11/20/arif-virani-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/arif-virani/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4435/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10384095",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00c9manant Du Gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": "Le Code criminel"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/11/20/",
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