Mr. Speaker, I can hardly believe that the minister would be able to tell a victim: "I am sorry, the murderer who killed your daughter or your son just murdered one person, so it is okay". That is shameful and is exactly the reason it just does not work.
There is no justification for these kinds of changes. The minister said the bill will speak for itself. What about the thousands of victims across the country who are speaking for themselves and calling for an outright abolition and repeal of section 745?
What we are hearing is that one murder is okay and two murders are bad. Murder is murder, no matter how many people are killed and murderers should not get early release, period.
Instead of introducing these arbitrary half measures, why does the justice minister not simply scrap section 745 altogether and make all first degree murderers serve their entire sentence? Why not?