Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Lee, as we said, it's not mandatory. It's still the judge who will determine whether that person should have bail or not.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Très brièvement, I don't think it would target the buffoon, because if we look at the 12 indictable offences, they're right there and they are significant here.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Well, there's so much to be done first. I'm hoping we're going to start by protecting our borders. The problem right now is that we have RCMP officers policing municipalities. I think that should be the municipal police. We should have RCMP officers patrolling our borders, taki

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  This bill, Bill C-35, expresses it very well because it addresses violent crimes and violent criminals, the ones who commit those violent crimes. So it is targeted. Also, I think Mr. Wilson expressed the impact of this legislation very well, the fact that there's fear in the com

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  First of all, I have a little problem understanding what he means by that. How can somebody be opposed to this bill when it's focused on certain crimes and all of them are violent? What would be the logic if you think there are no consequences as soon as you're arrested? I can't

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The point you're making right now is a very important point. As I said a little bit earlier, we ask people to help us by denouncing those who've committed the crimes. We need help. We need to have communities participate in helping police services arrest those people. The thing

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We have been collecting more and more information over the past few years. Earlier, you spoke about the impact of reviewing, among other things, the prison and parole systems. You also spoke about the bill and the day when time will no longer count for double. If that was all th

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  But that is all part of a whole. We know that we will come to a point where offenders will no longer cause a backlog in the courts, there will no longer be the steady stream of adjourned trials. Why is that? Because offenders will not win out by remaining behind bars before their

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That would greatly accelerate the process. There would no longer be an accumulation of cases and pro forma trials.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The sense of security you speak of is an excellent point. I have to tell you that the current case goes somewhat beyond that. As this future law, which is currently a bill, comes into force, it will lead to more than a sense of security. You know, we hear about all kinds of press

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  As my colleagues from Montreal and Toronto said earlier—

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I am pleased that my colleagues from Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal were able to appear with me because we wanted to show you how things are going in those cities and areas. We can try to find those statistics for you. We could send them to you.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  As I said earlier, Ms. Jennings, that's why I've been coming here so regularly for some time now. I get the sense that we are part of a team or family. Since there are a number of bills, if you follow the logic, the objective is quite clear: if somebody commits a serious crime,

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We're Quebec cousins.

Bill C-35 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. To begin, Ms. Jennings, you would indeed think that in any incident involving violence along the lines of what you referred to in your preamble, the judge would take these facts into consideration and keep the accused in prison. But, this is not the case. O