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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2025-10-31 12:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Lisa Hepfner (Hamilton Mountain, Lib.)",
"fr": "Lisa Hepfner (Hamilton Mountain, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8956504\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I know the member opposite was a journalist in his former life, as I was in my former life. In that role, we get to know a lot of victims of crime. I appreciate the heart the member brought to this legislation and the intent behind it. I, too, know some of the victims he has spoken of today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956505\" data-originallang=\"en\">I wonder if the member has any concerns that this bill, as it is written, may violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and may therefore not pass muster when it comes to the Supreme Court of Canada. He mentioned that consecutive terms were thrown out by the Supreme Court at one point. Does he have concerns about this, and if so, what would be his remedy?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8956504\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je sais que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face \u00e9tait, comme moi, journaliste dans son ancienne vie. Dans ce r\u00f4le, on rencontre beaucoup de victimes d'actes criminels. Je remercie le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'avoir pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ce projet de loi qui part d'une bonne intention et qui vient du c\u0153ur. Je connais moi aussi certaines des victimes dont il a parl\u00e9 aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8956505\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 ne craint-il pas que le libell\u00e9 actuel du projet de loi enfreigne la Charte des droits et libert\u00e9s et soit invalid\u00e9 par la Cour supr\u00eame du Canada? Il a mentionn\u00e9 que la Cour supr\u00eame a d\u00e9j\u00e0 invalid\u00e9 les peines cons\u00e9cutives. A-t-il des craintes \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard et, le cas \u00e9ch\u00e9ant, quelle solution sugg\u00e8re-t-il?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/31/lisa-hepfner-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/lisa-hepfner/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4646/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13215521",
"h1": {
"en": "Private Members' Business",
"fr": "Affaires \u00e9manant des d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Corrections and Conditional Release Act",
"fr": "La Loi sur le syst\u00e8me correctionnel et la mise en libert\u00e9 sous condition"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/31/",
"related": {
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}
}