Good afternoon, Mr. Minister.
My question is quite simple. In connection with the bill that you want us to pass as quickly as possible—it is a fine bill, I have already read it—I am going to tell you about a case we had in Quebec. And I would like you to tell me what the difference is.
In 1987, a man by the name of Denis Lortie killed three colleagues of the Parti Québécois. He was even planning on killing René Lévesque. He killed three people and injured seven. The judge and the jury gave him a life sentence. In 1995, exactly eight years later, he was free, completely free. He even works in a convenience store in Cantley, in the Outaouais. Three people were killed and seven are disabled for life. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
What will the new bill and the one you talked about, Bill C-48, bring to the table? Could you tell me that? It is extremely serious. This man killed three people and even wanted to kill Parti Québécois members. And now, he is free. What will change under the new bill that we are studying today?