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{
    "time": "2020-01-30 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Bill Blair (Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Bill Blair (ministre de la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique et de la Protection civile, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6032582\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as I have said previously, we extend our deepest condolences to the family. We understand and we share the concerns of Canadians about this case.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032583\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Public safety must always be our first consideration in all parole decisions. The Parole Board makes these decisions independently.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032584\" data-originallang=\"en\">In response to the concerns that are being raised, I have asked the chair of the Parole Board and the commissioner of Correctional Service Canada to initiate a full investigation and a review to determine the circumstances that have led to this tragic case and to ensure that all established protocols were in fact followed.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6032582\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme je l'ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 dit, nous exprimons nos sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 la famille. Nous comprenons et partageons les inqui\u00e9tudes des Canadiens en ce qui concerne cette affaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032583\" data-originallang=\"en\">La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique doit toujours \u00eatre le premier facteur pris en consid\u00e9ration dans les d\u00e9cisions de lib\u00e9ration conditionnelle. La Commission des lib\u00e9rations conditionnelles prend ces d\u00e9cisions en toute ind\u00e9pendance.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6032584\" data-originallang=\"en\">En r\u00e9ponse aux pr\u00e9occupations soulev\u00e9es, j'ai demand\u00e9 \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sidente de la Commission ainsi qu'\u00e0 la commissaire du Service correctionnel du Canada d'entreprendre une enqu\u00eate approfondie ainsi qu'une \u00e9tude afin de d\u00e9terminer les circonstances qui ont men\u00e9 \u00e0 cette trag\u00e9die et de v\u00e9rifier que tous les protocoles \u00e9tablis ont bien \u00e9t\u00e9 respect\u00e9s.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2020/1/30/bill-blair-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/bill-blair/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4346/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10741369",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Public Safety",
        "fr": "La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2020/1/30/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F1%2F30%2F"
    }
}