Colleagues, with respect, you are going to be hearing about this. I do not know who, among the Conservatives, will speak to it, but you will see that this is their way to protect victims. I do not know if you view things as I do, but I doubt that 50 years of detention for offenders provide better protection for victims. Either way, some Conservative Party members would bring the death penalty back, and this is a softer option: you lock someone up and throw away the key for 50 years.
It should be noted that criminals like Clifford Olson do try to get parole. Clearly, the Conservative Party is engaging in demagogy here. Everybody knew, except for Conservative Party members, that there is no way the National Parole Board or even a superior court judge would ever have given that man parole. I would like to know what you think of that. We are stuck with this.