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{
"time": "2025-10-10 11:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Patricia Lattanzio (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)",
"fr": "Patricia Lattanzio (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre de la Justice et procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du Canada, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8909239\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I think it is time for a quick criminal law lesson for the member opposite. As the Conservatives know, Canada follows the rules of common law, so the principle of restraint they keep citing was already law way before Bill <a data-HoCid=\"9745407\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-75/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts\">C-75</a>, as confirmed by the Supreme Court in the case of Antic in 2017.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8909240\" data-originallang=\"en\">In our laws, it is clear that an accused person may be denied bail when detention is necessary for the protection of the safety of the public. That is section 515, paragraph 10 of the Criminal Code. I do not have my code with me here today, but I will be happy to email the article to my colleague.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8909239\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pense qu'il est temps de donner une br\u00e8ve le\u00e7on de droit p\u00e9nal au d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face. Comme les conservateurs le savent, le Canada suit les r\u00e8gles de la common law, ce qui signifie que le principe de retenue qu'ils ne cessent de citer \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 en vigueur bien avant l'adoption du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"9745407\" href=\"/bills/42-1/C-75/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts\">C\u201175</a>, comme l'a confirm\u00e9 la Cour supr\u00eame dans l'arr\u00eat Antic en 2017.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8909240\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est clairement \u00e9crit dans nos lois qu'un accus\u00e9 peut se voir refuser la mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution quand sa d\u00e9tention est n\u00e9cessaire pour la protection ou la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du public. Il s'agit du paragraphe 10 de l'article 515 du Code criminel. Je n'ai pas mon exemplaire du code avec moi aujourd'hui, mais je serai heureuse d'envoyer l'article par courriel \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/10/patricia-lattanzio-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/patricia-lattanzio/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4502/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13174706",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Justice",
"fr": "La justice"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/10/",
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}
}