Discussion · Government Orders
Marilyn Gladu Liberal
“Earlier versions of this bill let people be sent to prison for up to 25 years just because someone thought they might commit a hate crime in the future. That went against the Charter of Rights. I am glad it was taken out.”
“Mr. Speaker, there was something unacceptable in the previous versions. The first two versions said that if somebody thought a person was going to commit a hate crime in the future, that person could be put in prison for up to 25 years. That seemed, to me, very much like the movie Minority Report. It is certainly not charter-compliant, so I am glad to see that it was removed.”
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Mr. Speaker, there was something unacceptable in the previous versions. The first two versions said that if somebody thought a person was going to commit a hate crime in the future, that person could be put in prison for up to 25 years. That seemed, to me, very much like the movie Minority Report. It is certainly not charter-compliant, so I am glad to see that it was removed.