Ève Péclet at the Justice and Human Rights Committee

On February 2nd, 2015. See this statement in context.

February 2nd, 2015 / 4:20 p.m.

NDP

Ève Péclet NDP La Pointe-de-l'Île, QC

My question is on section 272 of the Criminal Code. The infraction is as follows:

—committing sexual assault with a weapon, threatening a third party and causing bodily harm to a complainant under the age of 16.

Why did you decide to raise the penalty from 14 years to life imprisonment? That ties into my colleague's comment. Why decide to raise the prison term from 14 years to life in certain situations and not others? What was the thinking behind that?

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