Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2024-09-16 20:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. S\u00e9bastien Lemire",
        "fr": "M. S\u00e9bastien Lemire"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8550241\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Winnipeg North for his leadership. This morning I read a CBC article about which MPs are less active in the House. I actually found it interesting to see the opposite, or in other words, which MPs are the most active in the House and which ones contribute most to the debate. The article showed that my colleague contributes a lot in terms of quantity, but this evening he has also been contributing in terms of quality. Raising the bar for our police forces and those who ensure that we live together in harmony in our society is a critical solution.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8550242\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like to share some thoughts with the House. At the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs, we heard from the Correctional Investigator of Canada. He conducted an investigation that generated statistics that prove that indigenous persons are overrepresented in the prison system. That means that we need to also take a look at our justice system. Why do judges paint the things that happen in indigenous communities with the same brush? The \u201cby one's peers\u201d aspect is being completely overlooked. When we look back in history a little, it is interesting to see that reports have been made every year, practically every decade, and they get shelved when they talk about indigenous issues. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8550243\" data-originallang=\"fr\">A great friend of the family, Justice Jean-Charles Coutu, who was recently made an Officer of the Order of Canada, it should be noted, published the Coutu report in the 1980s and the Coutu proposal. I will name a few elements. The creation of a new indigenous justice would help revitalize Inuit practices, including the circle. We know that, in indigenous communities, being rejected by one's peers is often much more serious than justice itself. Being isolated in prison often leads to problems that make it very hard for people to become functional in the community again. Peers have a very significant impact. We need to reflect on that further. The diversion of certain elements would help communities reappropriate, little by little, some judicial powers, while distributing them among several representatives to achieve balance in the different communities. These elements\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8550241\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de Winnipeg-Nord de son leadership. Ce matin, un article de Radio-Canada soulignait qui sont les parlementaires les moins actifs. \u00c0 l'inverse, je trouvais int\u00e9ressant de voir ceux qui \u00e9taient les plus actifs \u00e0 la Chambre et qui contribuaient au d\u00e9bat. Mon coll\u00e8gue le fait de fa\u00e7on quantitative, mais, ce soir, il le fait aussi de fa\u00e7on qualitative. Je trouve que ce qu'il mentionne \u00e9l\u00e8ve justement le d\u00e9bat. Augmenter nos attentes \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de nos corps de police et des gens qui s'assurent du vivre-ensemble dans notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 est une solution essentielle. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8550242\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais faire part \u00e0 la Chambre de certaines r\u00e9flexions. Au Comit\u00e9 permanent des affaires autochtones et du Nord, nous avions accueilli l'enqu\u00eateur correctionnel du Canada. Ce dernier a notamment fait une enqu\u00eate qui contient des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de statistiques prouvant que la population carc\u00e9rale est beaucoup plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e chez les Autochtones qu'ailleurs. Cela am\u00e8ne aussi des r\u00e9flexions dans notre syst\u00e8me de justice. Pourquoi les juges vont-ils traiter de la m\u00eame fa\u00e7on les \u00e9l\u00e9ments qui se passent au sein des communaut\u00e9s autochtones? On n\u00e9glige compl\u00e8tement l'aspect \u00ab par les pairs \u00bb. Quand on fouille un peu dans l'histoire, c'est int\u00e9ressant de constater qu'il y a des rapports qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 faits chaque ann\u00e9e, pratiquement chaque d\u00e9cennie, et qui se retrouvent tablett\u00e9s lorsqu'on parle de questions autochtones.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8550243\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Un grand ami de la famille, le juge Jean-Charles Coutu, qui a r\u00e9cemment \u00e9t\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 officier de l'Ordre du Canada, il faut le mentionner, avait publi\u00e9 le rapport Coutu dans les ann\u00e9es 1980 et la proposition Coutu. Je vais nommer certains \u00e9l\u00e9ments. La cr\u00e9ation d'une nouvelle justice autochtone permettrait de revitaliser les pratiques inuites, notamment celle du cercle. On sait que, dans les communaut\u00e9s autochtones, le fait d'\u00eatre rejet\u00e9 par ses pairs est souvent une cons\u00e9quence beaucoup plus grave que la cons\u00e9quence de justice elle-m\u00eame. \u00catre isol\u00e9 en prison m\u00e8ne souvent \u00e0 d\u00e9velopper des probl\u00e8mes qui vont faire qu'il sera tr\u00e8s difficile de ramener la personne fonctionnelle dans sa communaut\u00e9. L'impact des pairs est tr\u00e8s important. Il faudrait y r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir davantage. La d\u00e9judiciarisation de certains \u00e9l\u00e9ments permettrait \u00e0 des communaut\u00e9s de se r\u00e9approprier peu \u00e0 peu des pouvoirs judiciaires, tout en les distribuant entre plusieurs repr\u00e9sentants pour atteindre un \u00e9quilibre dans les diff\u00e9rentes communaut\u00e9s. Ce sont des \u00e9l\u00e9ments...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/9/16/sebastien-lemire-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/sebastien-lemire/",
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    "source_id": "12855667",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Emergency Debate",
        "fr": "D\u00e9bat d'urgence"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Recent Deaths of First Nations People During Police Interventions",
        "fr": "Les d\u00e9c\u00e8s r\u00e9cents de membres des Premi\u00e8res Nations lors d'interventions polici\u00e8res"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/9/16/",
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