Criminal Code   and properties while putting their lives at risk. I also take this opportunity to commend them for the good work they do for all of us. The motion simply asks for a deterrence by changing the criminal code. The idea was that arson fires have been on the rise. Booby traps have been set which

Criminal Code   of options currently available for the crime of arson as an indictable offence go up to the sentencing maximum of 14 years. The motion intends to expand that envelope. It does not say that in every case this will happen, surely not. The burden of proof will still remain with the crown

Criminal Code   the line of duty death or injury of a firefighter when it is the result of a criminal act such as murder or arson. Putting additional penalties into the criminal code for murder or arson that results in the death of a firefighter might go some way to deterring people who

Criminal Code  % of these are arsons. This is not insignificant in the life of communities. This is a public interest issue and a community safety issue. However, if our colleague sees his motion die on the order paper, without saying that he worked in vain, the fact remains that the investigation could go much

Criminal Code   that was deliberately set, and to amend the provision that deals with arson by adding language that addresses the death or injury of a firefighter. I agree with my colleague that firefighters play a crucial role in the protection of human lives and property in Canada. I recognize that firefighting

Criminal Code   with the crime of arson by adding language that addresses the death or injury of a fire fighter engaged in combating a fire or explosion that is deliberately set. Madam Speaker, it is a very great pleasure to rise in the House this evening not only on behalf of my constituents in Surrey

Multiculturalism  Mr. Speaker, on Friday, November 30, a fundraising event was held in Hamilton to raise funds for a Hindu temple that was burned to the ground as the result of an arson attack in mid-September. The temple was the spiritual home of 800 local Hindu families. Approximately 1,200

Criminal Code  , such as arson, that injure or kill a firefighter. Specifically, the bill would create two new criminal offences of aggravated assault and first degree murder when the victim is a firefighter acting in the line of duty. When I think back to the bravery shown by firefighters on September 11

Terrorism   that there are those in our own nation who have allowed it to happen through misguided attacks on their fellow Canadians. Reports of death threats, vandalism and arson against various ethnic and faith communities in the days following last Tuesday's attacks serves only to acknowledge

Terrorism  . The arson attack on the Hamilton Hindu Temple and the threats against schoolchildren are examples of this. I wish to speak out strongly against these acts of intolerance. Each of these acts, each rift between us, constitutes a victory for terrorism. Let us not be our own enemies. All

Criminal Code   been avoided. With a tightened criminal code, as we have before us today, we might have avoided some of these attempted murders, 13 disappearances, 334 violent crimes, 129 cases of arson, 82 bombings and the murder of one young boy in 1995. Young Daniel Desrochers lost his life

Questions On The Order Paper   incident involved an alleged misdemeanour of arson by a minor dependant. A waiver of immunity was requested but not granted in this case. Given the very minor nature of the offence, the government of the host country took no further action. The second incident involved an allegation

Criminal Code   are troubling: 79 murders, 89 attempted murders, 129 cases of arson and 92 bombings, and that only includes offences committed during gang wars where bikers fight against each other. It does not include the people who were killed or forced to commit suicide, as is often now the case, because

Criminal Code  . This number does not apply to the whole of organized crime. During that period, 79 murders and 89 attempted murders were related to the drug trade and to the wars between Quebec biker gangs, in addition to 129 instances of arson and over 80 bombings. These are figures that the minister

Species At Risk Act   against plants, animals and organisms that are deemed species at risk and the lands which make up their habitat are unlike any found in Canadian criminal law. These are not offences of murder, arson, theft or rape but are for harming or harassing a plant, animal or organism