Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to my colleague from the Bloc. I would like to ask her a question that I asked witnesses who appeared before the justice committee not only on this bill but on other bills that are related in topic.
It is a question that society wrestles with. What is a fair and just penalty for the premeditated taking of an innocent life? What should that penalty be? Should it be only three years if after three years the individual is completely rehabilitated in the eyes of the officials and will never kill again? Should it be 15 years or should it be 25 years? That is the question.
We must remind ourselves that when we as a society determine what that penalty should be, we are placing a value on the life of a human being.
I ask my hon. colleague what she thinks is a fair and just penalty for the planned and premeditated murder of an innocent life.