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{
"time": "2018-11-08 15:35:00",
"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=\"5646139\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I first want to compliment the member, not just on his comments here today but on his tremendous work at the justice committee in terms of bringing his expertise to bear in the study that was undertaken.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5646140\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member commented on the importance of looking at reforms, and he highlighted some of the committee testimony, specifically around bail. We know that indigenous and other marginalized groups are overrepresented in the criminal justice system and are disproportionately impacted by the bail process. We know that they are disproportionately impacted because they are sometimes detained in custody for reasons that are entirely unrelated to the offence they are alleged to have committed, such as not having enough money or not knowing individuals who are suitable to supervise them if they are released on bail.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5646141\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are changing bail through certain key amendments in this legislation to take into account the overrepresentation of indigenous and other marginalized groups. I am wondering if the member could comment on how those changes will alleviate the plight of those groups in particular.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5646139\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je tiens tout d\u2019abord \u00e0 f\u00e9liciter le d\u00e9put\u00e9, non seulement pour les observations qu\u2019il a faites ici aujourd\u2019hui, mais aussi pour l\u2019excellent travail qu\u2019il a accompli au comit\u00e9 de la justice en mettant \u00e0 profit son expertise dans le cadre de l\u2019\u00e9tude qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 entreprise.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5646140\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a parl\u00e9 de l\u2019importance d\u2019examiner les r\u00e9formes et il a soulign\u00e9 certains des t\u00e9moignages entendus au comit\u00e9, notamment en ce qui concerne le cautionnement. Nous savons que les Autochtones et les autres groupes marginalis\u00e9s sont surrepr\u00e9sent\u00e9s dans le syst\u00e8me de justice p\u00e9nale et sont touch\u00e9s de fa\u00e7on disproportionn\u00e9e par le processus de cautionnement. Nous savons qu\u2019ils sont touch\u00e9s de fa\u00e7on disproportionn\u00e9e parce qu\u2019ils sont parfois d\u00e9tenus pour des raisons qui n\u2019ont absolument rien \u00e0 voir avec l\u2019infraction qu\u2019ils sont suppos\u00e9s avoir commise, par exemple parce qu\u2019ils n\u2019ont pas assez d\u2019argent ou parce qu\u2019ils ne connaissent pas de personnes aptes \u00e0 les surveiller s\u2019ils sont lib\u00e9r\u00e9s sous caution.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5646141\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Nous modifions le processus de cautionnement en apportant certains amendements cl\u00e9s \u00e0 ce projet de loi pour tenir compte de la surrepr\u00e9sentation des Autochtones et d\u2019autres groupes marginalis\u00e9s. Je me demande si le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait nous dire en quoi ces changements am\u00e9lioreront le sort de ces groupes en particulier.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/11/8/arif-virani-15/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/arif-virani/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4435/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10371733",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00c9manant Du Gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": "Le Code criminel"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/11/8/",
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}
}