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{
"time": "2023-09-18 18:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Don Davies (Vancouver Kingsway, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7920532\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague's speech was pretty wide-ranging and touched on a number of things. It contributed to the debate, but in some cases it did not.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7920533\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are talking about bail conditions and how we deal with people who commit crimes on bail. The member raised the tragedy outside the Starbucks in Vancouver, where Mr. Schmidt was knifed to death. However, that was by a person who was not out on bail, so I am not sure what that has to do with the legislation that is under consideration.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7920534\" data-originallang=\"en\">The current bail law in this country is that bail can be denied when an accused's criminal record is taken into account, particularly if they have failed to comply with past bail conditions or court orders. It is the law now that bail can be denied by a judge if someone has failed to comply with bail conditions in the past or if they have a repeat criminal record.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7920535\" data-originallang=\"en\">Could the member explain to us why she thinks the current law is not sufficient to keep those people in jail pending their trial, when that is the law right now?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7920532\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, le discours de ma coll\u00e8gue ratissait assez large et abordait un certain nombre de sujets. Il a contribu\u00e9 au d\u00e9bat, mais pas toujours.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7920533\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous parlons des conditions de mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution et de la fa\u00e7on dont nous traitons les personnes qui commettent des crimes lorsqu'elles sont en libert\u00e9 sous caution. La d\u00e9put\u00e9e a parl\u00e9 de la trag\u00e9die survenue \u00e0 l'ext\u00e9rieur d'un Starbucks \u00e0 Vancouver, o\u00f9 M. Schmidt a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 \u00e0 coups de couteau. Cependant, ce crime a \u00e9t\u00e9 commis par une personne qui n'\u00e9tait pas en libert\u00e9 sous caution. Je ne vois donc pas ce que cela a \u00e0 voir avec le projet de loi \u00e0 l'\u00e9tude.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7920534\" data-originallang=\"en\">Selon la loi canadienne actuelle, un pr\u00e9venu peut se voir refuser la mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution si son casier judiciaire est pris en compte, surtout si, par le pass\u00e9, il n'a pas respect\u00e9 les conditions d'une mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution ou des ordonnances du tribunal. La loi actuelle pr\u00e9voit qu'un juge peut refuser une mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution si la personne n'a pas respect\u00e9 les conditions de sa mise en libert\u00e9 dans le pass\u00e9 ou s'il s'agit d'un r\u00e9cidiviste.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7920535\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e pourrait-elle nous expliquer pourquoi elle pense que la loi actuelle ne suffit pas \u00e0 garder ces gens en prison en attendant leur proc\u00e8s, alors que c'est la loi dicte en ce moment?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/9/18/don-davies-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/don-davies/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1007/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12320377",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": "Le Code criminel"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/9/18/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F9%2F18%2F"
}
}