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  Yes, but that's not what I was referring to. I was referring to the trial. Once the trial is over, by the time the police officer goes back to his headquarters and does his paperwork, the person he arrested can be back on the street. There are so many ways for them to go back--

Justice committee  I was talking about the ones after they received sentences.

Justice committee  Mr. Lee, you are experienced, but I'll be very practical on things that you've probably witnessed, or comments you've received from people you've represented, saying, “He's back on the street. He didn't get a sentence and now he's at the corner where I live and he laughs at me.”

Justice committee  I was talking about conditional sentences, because if you talk about other things on probation and the ones that get out after one-sixth of their sentence because it is qualified as a non-violent crime, we saw it so many times--

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  When we're talking about the way criminals exploit the system and the flaws in the system, it's unbelievable. They're experts in that. Plus they have the defence attorneys. They pay big money just to make sure that.... I'm sorry Mr. Lemay isn't here, because he was one of those s

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, committee members, good afternoon. The Canadian Police Association welcomes the opportunity to present our submissions to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights with respect to Bill C-10, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum pe

Justice committee  There are many things that should be done if we're talking about firearms. One of them, of course, concerns the storage of firearms. We have a lot of people who go to different places because they like to shoot at targets. They become members of clubs. We had a discussion on our

Justice committee  The last thing, which you'll see in our brief, is to update the prohibited and restricted list. It hasn't been done for over 10 years now. There are some new guns. If you go to the website of Wolverine, you'll see what kind of promotion that company is making. They say, “They're

Justice committee  If there's one problem that we've observed over the years, it's that plea bargaining, that is negotiations between the Crown prosecutor — which was a very well-paying livelihood for Mr. Lemay in his previous life — and the defence obviously considerably reduces the impact of the

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  No, I don't doubt it.