I can assure you that we are all in favour of helping victims.
You have yourself spoken about Bill C-16 which you have entitled “Ending House Arrest for Property and Other Serious Crimes by Serious and Violent Offenders Act”. I think you will agree with me when I say that if we released violent and dangerous offenders, that could put the security of our community at risk.
But section 742.1 of the Criminal Code states that these kinds of punishments may be served at home. It provides: “If ...the court...is satisfied that the service in the community would not endanger the safety of the community...” and adds a number of other conditions that must be met before the court may allow these people to serve their sentence in the community.
Would you admit that the title you gave to Bill C-16 presupposes that judges do not respect the first condition set by the Criminal Code that allows them to give sentences that must be served in the community?