Criminal Code   of property and serious crimes, including, among others, aggravated assault, human trafficking, luring a child, street racing causing death, arson, fraud, counterfeiting, most auto thefts and extortion. Why would the member not want to protect victims of these very serious crimes

Criminal Code   of one or two situations where we may say maybe we should leave that as a judicial discretion, and I will explore that at committee. However, overall, on the surface, it would appear that, yes, absolutely, we should not be using conditional sentences for that. There is one on arson

Criminal Code  . What it is suggesting in this bill is eliminating conditional sentencing for serious and violent crimes. Some of them are listed: aggravated assault, human trafficking, luring a child, street racing causing death, arson, fraud, counterfeiting, most auto thefts and extortions. I

Criminal Code   people think that every conditional sentence means home arrest for a very serious offence. The member himself used arson; someone burned down my house and now he is home watching a big-screen T.V. That is not what this is about.

Criminal Code   is on whether a conditional sentence is an appropriate disposition for an individual who commits a serious property offence or an offence of violence. I, and I believe all members on this side of the House, would say that it is not. A very good example is arson. If a person burns down my

Criminal Code  , and arson for fraudulent purposes. Conditional sentences are an appropriate sentencing tool, in many cases. However, access to them does need to be restricted when it comes to serious property and serious violent offences. This government shares the common sense belief of all Canadians

Justice  , human trafficking, luring a child, and arson. Could the Minister of Justice please inform this House what failing to pass this important legislation could mean for the law-abiding citizens of Canada?

Justice   from the Liberal Party. However, I wonder what the member for Ajax—Pickering's constituents would say, knowing that their member of Parliament opposes a bill to end house arrest for crimes such as aggravated assault, human trafficking, luring a child, arson, fraud and extortion. I

Justice   trafficking, luring a child, street racing causing death, arson, fraud, counterfeiting, most auto thefts and extortion. In 2006 our government introduced similar legislation; however, the bill was repeatedly stalled and eventually gutted by the opposition. House arrest for serious

Bill C-257 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conditional sentencing)

) (extortion); (z) section 433 (arson –– disregard for human life); (z.1) section 434.1 (arson –– own property); (z.2) section 436 (arson by negligence); (z.3) paragraph 465(1)(a) (conspiracy to commit murder); (z.4) an offence under section 5 (trafficking in substance and possession

Criminal Code  Yes, I will mention arson. The member across talks about the situation in California. If that is the situation, then that would be an option available to a judge, and I would hope that the judge would not even consider a conditional sentence. However, if an 18-year-old, first

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her question, but the premise that she stated, and I thought I heard her correctly, that if a person is convicted of arson, this provision eliminates any possibility of that person going to jail, is not correct. That is a total

Criminal Code   of arson, which is what the hon. member mentioned. We just saw in the news a few days ago where an arsonist in California set fires that took the lives of five firefighters. That is a pretty serious crime. If he is found guilty, he will be dealt with severely because arson is a very

Criminal Code   victimized by one of these crimes or perhaps has been victimized themselves. There was theft over $5,000, and that includes serious auto theft which has been a problem in both our urban and rural areas. Identity theft, break and enter, these are serious offences. Arson, robbery, again

Criminal Code   on property offences. Generally speaking, in respect of the amendment that I am proposing today, there would be support. When looking at issues like robbery, break and enter into dwelling houses, arson, committing bodily harm while driving impaired and serious drug offences, the question