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{
"time": "2023-06-05 15:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gerald Soroka (Yellowhead, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Gerald Soroka (Yellowhead, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"7830605\"> moved for leave to introduce Bill <a data-HoCid=\"12483915\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-336/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act\">C-336, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act (Noah's Law)</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830606\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to present my first private member's bill, the strengthening reporting obligations for sex offenders act, Noah's law, which is seconded by the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"278451\" href=\"/politicians/damien-kurek/\" title=\"Damien Kurek\">Battle River\u2014Crowfoot</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830607\" data-originallang=\"en\">This bill would empower vulnerable people, such as women and children, by legislating the compliance of highly-likely-to-repeat sex offenders with conditions outlined under the Sex Offender Information Registration Act, or SOIRA, under court orders.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830608\" data-originallang=\"en\">For most people, September 16, 2021, was an uneventful day, but for Cody McConnell, it was the day his life was destroyed by a tragic event when his 24-year-old fianc\u00e9e, Mchale Busch, and his 16-month-old son, Noah McConnell, were murdered by a 53-year-old registered sex offender who was deemed highly likely to reoffend. Because of this horrible and devastating event, Cody McConnell does not want anyone else to experience what he went through and still endures every day.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830609\" data-originallang=\"en\">Noah's law would allow a court to order highly-likely-to-repeat offenders to comply with SOIRA for 30 years, in order to protect the public; to complete a sexual behaviour rehabilitation/treatment program before the termination of the order; to increase the frequency of reporting to a registration centre before moving to a new address; and to make it an offence for offenders to fail to report to a registration centre in accordance with SOIRA.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830610\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to acknowledge Laura MacRae, the lawyer and family friend of Cody McConnell who drafted Noah's law. I am also extremely pleased to have Senator Boisvenu introduce Noah's law into the Senate tomorrow afternoon. I would like to acknowledge the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"278568\" href=\"/politicians/blaine-calkins/\" title=\"Blaine Calkins\">Red Deer\u2014Lacombe</a> as well for supporting Noah's law by sponsoring petition e-4460. The petition has been online for just over a week and already has over 1,100 signatures.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830611\" data-originallang=\"en\">My heart goes out to Cody McConnell and his family and friends. Mchale Busch and Noah McConnell have not been forgotten. Their deaths should lead to meaningful change within Canada's criminal justice system so that no other family will have to go through a tragedy like this again, and this bill would do just that. MPs and senators should quickly pass this bill. I would also like to thank Cody McConnell and his family and friends who came from Alberta to join us today.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"10\"> (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) </p>",
"fr": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"7830605\">demande \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"12483915\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-336/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Sex Offender Information Registration Act\">C-336, Loi modifiant le Code criminel et la Loi sur l\u2019enregistrement de renseignements sur les d\u00e9linquants sexuels</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830606\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u2014 Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pr\u00e9sente mon premier projet de loi d'initiative parlementaire, la Loi visant \u00e0 resserrer les obligations de comparution pour les d\u00e9linquants sexuels, ou Loi de Noah, qui est appuy\u00e9 par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"278451\" href=\"/politicians/damien-kurek/\" title=\"Damien Kurek\">Battle River\u2014Crowfoot</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830607\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce projet de loi prot\u00e9gerait les personnes vuln\u00e9rables, notamment les femmes et les enfants, en soumettant les d\u00e9linquants sexuels qui sont tr\u00e8s fortement susceptibles de r\u00e9cidive et qui sont sous le coup d'une ordonnance d'un tribunal aux conditions \u00e9nonc\u00e9es dans la Loi sur l\u2019enregistrement de renseignements sur les d\u00e9linquants sexuels.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830608\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour la plupart des gens, le 16 septembre 2021 a \u00e9t\u00e9 une journ\u00e9e comme les autres, mais pour Cody McConnell, ce fut le jour o\u00f9 sa vie a bascul\u00e9 \u00e0 cause d'un \u00e9v\u00e9nement tragique: Mchale Busch, sa fianc\u00e9e de 24 ans, et leur fils de 16 mois, Noah, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s par une d\u00e9linquant sexuel inscrit de 53 ans qui \u00e9tait consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme fortement susceptible de r\u00e9cidive. Aujourd'hui, Cody McConnell souhaite que personne ne vive le drame qu'il a v\u00e9cu et n'\u00e9prouve la souffrance qu'il ressent jour apr\u00e8s jour \u00e0 cause de cet horrible crime.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830609\" data-originallang=\"en\">La Loi de Noah permettrait aux tribunaux d'ordonner que les d\u00e9linquants sexuels tr\u00e8s fortement susceptibles de r\u00e9cidive soient assujettis \u00e0 la Loi sur l\u2019enregistrement de renseignements sur les d\u00e9linquants sexuels pendant 30 ans, dans le but de prot\u00e9ger la population; qu'ils suivent un programme de r\u00e9adaptation comportementale ou un traitement avant la fin de l'ordonnance; qu'ils se pr\u00e9sentent plus r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement au bureau d'inscription s'ils changent d'adresse; et que soit \u00e9rig\u00e9 en infraction le d\u00e9faut de se pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 un bureau d'inscription conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 la Loi sur l\u2019enregistrement de renseignements sur les d\u00e9linquants sexuels.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830610\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je tiens \u00e0 souligner le travail de Laura MacRae, avocate et amie de la famille de Cody McConnell, qui a r\u00e9dig\u00e9 la Loi de Noah. Je suis aussi extr\u00eamement heureux de savoir que le s\u00e9nateur Boisvenu pr\u00e9sentera ce projet de loi au S\u00e9nat demain apr\u00e8s-midi. J'aimerais aussi remercier le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"278568\" href=\"/politicians/blaine-calkins/\" title=\"Blaine Calkins\">Red Deer\u2014Lacombe</a> d'appuyer la Loi de Noah en parrainant la p\u00e9tition \u00e9lectronique e-4460. La p\u00e9tition est en ligne depuis un peu plus d'une semaine et elle a d\u00e9j\u00e0 obtenu plus de 1 100 signatures.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7830611\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis de tout c\u0153ur avec Cody McConnell ainsi que sa famille et ses amis. Mchale Busch et Noah McConnell ne sont pas oubli\u00e9s. Leur mort doit mener \u00e0 des changements importants dans le syst\u00e8me de justice p\u00e9nale au Canada afin que plus jamais d'autres familles n'aient \u00e0 subir une trag\u00e9die similaire. C'est justement le but de ce projet de loi. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s et les s\u00e9nateurs devraient adopter rapidement ce projet de loi. Je remercie en outre Cody McConnell, les membres de sa famille et ses amis qui se sont d\u00e9plac\u00e9s de l'Alberta pour se joindre \u00e0 nous aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"10\"> (Les motions sont r\u00e9put\u00e9es adopt\u00e9es, le projet de loi est lu pour la premi\u00e8re fois et imprim\u00e9.) </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/6/5/gerald-soroka-1/",
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"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Strengthening Reporting Obligations for Sex Offenders Act (Noah's Law)",
"fr": "Loi visant \u00e0 resserrer les obligations de comparution pour les d\u00e9linquants sexuels (Loi de Noah)"
},
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