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{
"time": "2025-10-30 13:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Andrew Lawton (Elgin\u2014St. Thomas\u2014London South, CPC)",
"fr": "Andrew Lawton (Elgin\u2014St. Thomas\u2014London-Sud, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8952908\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, this is a very important issue; in fact it is one the Conservatives have been sounding the alarm about for many years, urging the government to take action on it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8952909\" data-originallang=\"en\">Would the member acknowledge the failures of previous Liberal bills, notably 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>, which law enforcement officials have said has directly allowed for the catch-and-release bail policies that have necessitated the response from the government in Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13679516\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-14/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing)\">C-14</a>?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8952908\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est une question tr\u00e8s importante. En fait, les conservateurs sonnent l'alarme \u00e0 ce sujet depuis de nombreuses ann\u00e9es et exhortent le gouvernement \u00e0 agir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8952909\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 reconna\u00eet-il les lacunes des projets de loi lib\u00e9raux pr\u00e9c\u00e9dents, notamment le 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>, qui, selon les forces de l'ordre, est la cause directe de la mise en \u0153uvre des politiques de capture et de remise en libert\u00e9 qui ont oblig\u00e9 le gouvernement \u00e0 intervenir avec le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13679516\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-14/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the National Defence Act (bail and sentencing)\">C\u201114</a>?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/30/andrew-lawton-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/andrew-lawton/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4738/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13211577",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Bail and Sentencing Reform Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution et la d\u00e9termination de la peine"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/30/",
"related": {
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}
}