Justice committee  That's why I'm saying I was talking about de-conditional. Well, we talk about conditional sentences. Those are the ones I'm mentioning.

Justice committee  Yes?

Justice committee  Bill C-10 is one thing, and that's why we've been asking for a review of Correctional Service Canada and the National Parole Board and sentencing, because that is important. As we've said, it's good to talk about it to try to find some ways and exceptions to this and that, but w

Justice committee  Very briefly, it's exactly the message we get every day in the streets. That's exactly what our front line police officers tell us. People are tired. They want us to be able to put those people in jail. Let's put a little bit of energy into defending victims. I know that crimina

Justice committee  Mr. Murphy, that's what we see here. We're not against conditional sentencing, even though it seems that we feel strongly about certain crimes that are included in there that we think should not receive conditional sentencing. That's why for certain crimes we also asked the gover

Justice committee  I want it to be clear that we are not against conditional sentences. We are only seeking to limit their usage. We want to ensure that they are not available to the perpetrators of certain crimes. The crimes to which I refer are serious in nature, and issuing conditional sentences

Justice committee  First, you seem intent on choosing the figures which you like. You take, for instance, 257,127. On the conditional sentence side there are 13,267 of them. Have you also looked at probation, charges?

Justice committee  You asked me a question, and I'd like to be able to respond. I intend to do that in full. First, I am also disappointed to know that your role in the House of Commons is not as significant as your constituents would believe. I think you are here to get legislation passed, and as

Justice committee  It is not our job to compile statistics for you, we are not statisticians. We're simply too busy putting criminals back in jail.

Justice committee  I'd like to give an example, if I may. Before parole is granted, the level of dangerousness of individuals must be assessed in order to determine whether or not they should remain in prison and serve their whole sentence. Parole has become almost automatic. We have seen several

Justice committee  Thank you. In 1996, parliamentarians had the best of intentions. We agreed with those intentions. Why not leave it up to the judges to decide whether or not to hand down conditional sentences and community sentences instead of imprisonment? However, the problem that we have seen

Justice committee  They're understaffed. At an average of $1,700 a year, how can you monitor, how can you supervise, how can you make sure that those persons will not be repeat offenders? There's another thing about statistics. Years ago when I was a front line police officer, I remember reporting

Justice committee  I can't agree, although I understand what he wants to do. That's what has happened since 1996; the exception became the rule. That is not what we want to see--starting in 2006.

Justice committee  I think our police officers experience that almost every day. We see more and more violent crimes. What we used to see on American TV shows about street gangs was happening only in the States. It's happening in Canada now. But why? Those are realities. Go to Winnipeg and Montreal

Justice committee  Absolutely none.