Madam Speaker, at 8:30 this morning, a resident of my riding who was a victim of violent sexual assault 11 years ago, was going to testify before the Parole Board of Canada to prevent her attacker, a multiple offender, from being released. Every time this man has been released since the early 2000s, he has re-offended.
In cases like this, or in sexual assault cases like those raised earlier by my Conservative colleague, is there no way to provide a better framework within which judges can operate and use their discretion in sentencing sex offenders, even first-time offenders?