Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2021-03-24 18:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Rh\u00e9al Fortin",
        "fr": "M. Rh\u00e9al Fortin"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6581079\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Berthier\u2014Maskinong\u00e9 for his question. He always asks questions that are relevant and often too tough for me to answer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6581080\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Earlier, I cited the example of the young couple accused of enticement of a minor. I do not remember the exact charges, but I thought the case was rather frightening. There are situations that are not criminal in nature. In this instance, we are not talking about someone who misled and manipulated a young girl without her consent and behind her parents' backs. We are talking about an open, normal, healthy relationship that was supported by the parents of the young couple, who wound up in court. The young man unfortunately had to be sentenced because of the minimum sentences. I think this is a terrible situation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6581081\" data-originallang=\"fr\">My colleague from Berthier\u2014Maskinong\u00e9 is right about drugs. We are talking about people who have a health problem, who are addicted to drugs. Instead of receiving treatment, they are sent to prison, where they may meet people convicted of drug trafficking or other, more serious crimes, and spend one month, one year, six months or 10 years with them. It does not matter how long\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6581079\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de Berthier\u2014Maskinong\u00e9 de sa question. Il a toujours des questions pertinentes et souvent tr\u00e8s emb\u00eatantes, ce qui a pour cons\u00e9quence que je ne peux y r\u00e9pondre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6581080\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'\u00e9voquais tant\u00f4t la question du jeune couple aux prises avec des accusations de d\u00e9tournement de mineur. Je ne me souviens pas de la nature exacte des accusations, mais je trouvais cela assez effrayant. En effet, il existe des situations qui ne sont pas de nature criminelle. On ne parle pas ici de quelqu'un qui a d\u00e9tourn\u00e9 et manipul\u00e9 une jeune fille sans son consentement et dans le dos de ses parents. On parle de gens qui avaient une relation ouverte, normale, saine et encourag\u00e9e par les parents de la jeune fille et du jeune homme, et qui se sont retrouv\u00e9s au tribunal. C'est parce qu'il existe des peines minimales que ce jeune homme a malheureusement d\u00fb \u00eatre condamn\u00e9 \u00e0 une peine. Il s'agit, selon moi, d'une situation terrible.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6581081\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En ce qui concerne les drogues, mon coll\u00e8gue de Berthier\u2014Maskinong\u00e9 a raison. On parle de quelqu'un qui a un probl\u00e8me de sant\u00e9, de d\u00e9pendance aux drogues. Plut\u00f4t que de le soigner, on l'envoie dans une prison o\u00f9 il va peut-\u00eatre rencontrer des gens ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 trouv\u00e9s coupables de trafic de drogues ou d'autres crimes encore plus graves, et ce, pour une dur\u00e9e d'un mois, d'un an, de six mois ou de dix ans. Peu importe la dur\u00e9e...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2021/3/24/rheal-fortin-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/rheal-fortin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4479/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11205229",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": "Le Code criminel"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2021/3/24/",
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}