Mr. Speaker, the Canadian public demands the sentence given to first degree murderers be the sentence served.
The Canadian Police Association, Victims of Violence, the Reform Party and an overwhelming number of Canadians are all on record demanding the complete elimination of section 745, making life mean life.
Half measures making section 745 off limits to serial killers and other multiple murderers but open to those who only kill once is unacceptable. The justice minister is playing politics with this very serious issue.
Allowing some murderers the right to appeal their parole ineligibility while denying it to others demeans the worth of a human life and is an insult to victims and murder victims' families. Anything other than the complete removal of section 745 from the Criminal Code will be unacceptable.