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{
"time": "2019-05-15 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Pat Kelly (Calgary Rocky Ridge, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5916592\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canadians are appalled by criminals who target seniors. That is why I rise today to raise awareness of seniors abuse and in support of Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8060518\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-206/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of vulnerable persons)\">C-206</a>, an act to amend the Criminal Code, abuse of vulnerable persons. Whether from telephone or online scams, forgery, identity theft or misplaced trust, seniors are vulnerable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5916593\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I know how easily elderly Canadians can become victims of financial abuse. My grandfather and his companion were victims of fraud committed by a caregiver. It happened during the final months of my grandfather's life and, sadly, he did not live to see the perpetrator punished.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5916594\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8060518\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-206/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of vulnerable persons)\">C-206</a> would make the age of the victim, and exploitation for financial gain, aggravating factors that must be considered at sentencing. Tougher sentences for cowardly criminals who prey on the vulnerable will send a strong signal that Canadians do not tolerate the abuse of seniors.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5916595\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I urge all members to support Bill <a data-HoCid=\"8060518\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-206/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of vulnerable persons)\">C-206</a>.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5916592\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Canadiens sont constern\u00e9s de voir que des criminels s'en prennent \u00e0 des a\u00een\u00e9s. Je prends donc la parole aujourd'hui pour sensibiliser les gens au sujet des abus envers les personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es et pour appuyer le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8060518\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-206/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of vulnerable persons)\">C-206</a>, Loi modifiant le Code criminel en ce qui concerne le mauvais traitement de personnes vuln\u00e9rables. Qu'il s'agisse d'arnaques par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone ou en ligne, d'usage de faux, de vol d'identit\u00e9 ou d'abus de confiance, les a\u00een\u00e9s sont vuln\u00e9rables. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5916593\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je sais \u00e0 quel point il est facile d'exploiter financi\u00e8rement les a\u00een\u00e9s canadiens. Mon grand-p\u00e8re et sa compagne ont \u00e9t\u00e9 victimes d'une fraude commise par leur aidant familial durant les derniers mois de la vie de mon grand-p\u00e8re. Malheureusement, il n'a pas v\u00e9cu assez longtemps pour voir le criminel puni.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5916594\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8060518\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-206/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of vulnerable persons)\">C-206</a> propose que l'on consid\u00e8re l'\u00e2ge de la victime et le fait que l'infraction ait pour cons\u00e9quence un abus financier comme des facteurs aggravants dans la d\u00e9termination de la peine. Des peines plus s\u00e9v\u00e8res pour les l\u00e2ches qui s'en prennent \u00e0 des personnes vuln\u00e9rables signaleront clairement que les Canadiens ne tol\u00e8rent pas les abus commis contre les a\u00een\u00e9s. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5916595\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'exhorte tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 appuyer le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"8060518\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-206/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (abuse of vulnerable persons)\">C-206</a>.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/5/15/pat-kelly-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pat-kelly/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4238/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10633351",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Seniors",
"fr": "Les a\u00een\u00e9s"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/5/15/",
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}