Irwin Cotler at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On May 15th, 2012. See this statement in context.

May 15th, 2012 / noon

Liberal

Irwin Cotler Liberal Mount Royal, QC

This is a not-unrelated issue, but it has to do with the differences between kidnapping and abduction.

Would the differences between kidnapping and abduction justify a mandatory minimum of five years in the case of kidnapping under the age of 16 years, and a maximum term of imprisonment of five years, with no mandatory minimum, in the case of an abduction of a person under the age of 16?

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