SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 134

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 24, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Nov/24/22 3:07:28 p.m.
  • Watch
  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, my neighbour, for her important question and the work she does for our community. With Bill C-5, for the first time in the history of Canada, we have done away with some mandatory minimum sentences, giving judges the flexibility to impose sentences that fit the crime. That means that prosecutors and police officers can spend more time and resources fighting serious crime. We did away with the mandatory minimums that contribute the most to the over-incarceration of indigenous, Black and racialized Canadians. We took action for a justice system—
108 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Nov/24/22 4:19:19 p.m.
  • Watch
  • Re: Bill S-4 
Madam Speaker, my colleague talked about increasing the efficiency of the courts and being able to process more cases. The idea of mandatory minimum sentences is an issue that comes up often in the House. Mandatory minimums had become quite common for certain offences, preventing the parties, crown and defence, from reaching agreements in certain cases because the agreed-upon suggestion would be lower than the mandatory minimum sentence. This forces parties to go to trial and increases backlogs in the courts. Does my colleague agree with that reality, that is, that it also contributes in some cases to backlogs?
100 words
All Topics
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border