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s. 13, s. 16

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13 16s. 11

66

13, s. 161

6

13 s 161 S. 13; S. 16

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nal S

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nce

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ad N

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7424

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1

Ana

lysi

s of

Cos

ts A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith Im

plem

enta

tion

of C

-10

On

Sep

tem

ber 2

0, th

e fe

dera

l gov

ernm

ent i

ntro

duce

d a

crim

e om

nibu

s bi

ll, T

he S

afe

Stre

ets

and

Com

mun

ities

Act

(Bill

C- 1

0).

The

maj

or c

ompo

nent

s of

C-1

0 ar

e:

� in

crea

sed

or im

pose

d m

anda

tory

min

imum

pen

altie

s fo

r sex

offe

nces

aga

inst

ch

ildre

n;

� m

anda

tory

min

imum

pen

altie

s fo

r dru

g cr

imes

; �

amen

dmen

ts to

the

You

th C

rimin

al J

ustic

e A

ct;

� fu

rther

rest

rictio

ns o

n th

e us

e of

con

ditio

nal s

ente

nces

for s

erio

us o

ffenc

es;

� al

low

ing

vict

ims

of te

rror

ism

to s

ue p

erpe

trato

rs o

f ter

roris

m;

� es

tabl

ishi

ng th

e rig

ht o

f a v

ictim

to m

ake

a st

atem

ent a

t par

ole

hear

ings

and

pr

ovid

ing

vict

ims

with

info

rmat

ion

abou

t offe

nder

tran

sfer

s an

d pa

rtici

patio

n in

co

rrec

tiona

l pro

gram

min

g;

� cr

eatin

g “r

ecor

d su

spen

sion

s” to

repl

ace

“par

dons

”, w

hich

hav

e lo

nger

in

elig

ibili

ty p

erio

ds a

nd m

ake

som

e of

fend

ers

inel

igib

le;

� m

odify

ing

the

list o

f fac

tors

that

the

fede

ral M

inis

ter o

f Pub

lic S

afet

y m

ay

cons

ider

in d

ecid

ing

whe

ther

to c

onse

nt to

the

trans

fer o

f a C

anad

ian

offe

nder

co

nvic

ted

abro

ad; a

nd

� al

low

ing

Imm

igra

tion

Offi

cers

to re

fuse

to a

utho

rize

fore

ign

natio

nals

to w

ork

in

Can

ada

in c

ases

whe

re th

ey m

ay b

e at

risk

of e

xplo

itatio

n.

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e 10

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058

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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2

Impl

emen

tatio

n D

ates

: Th

e fe

dera

l gov

ernm

ent h

as in

dica

ted

that

they

wis

h to

pas

s C

-10

with

in 1

00 s

ittin

g da

ys o

f Par

liam

ent,

and

will

set i

mpl

emen

tatio

n da

tes

alm

ost i

mm

edia

tely

afte

r Roy

al

Ass

ent.

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S. 1

3; S

. 16

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12

reda

cted

for t

he fo

llow

ing

reas

on:

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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Bill

C-1

0A

n A

ct to

ena

ct th

e Ju

stic

e fo

r Vic

tims

of T

erro

rism

Act

and

to a

men

d th

e S

tate

Im

mun

ity A

ct, t

he C

rimin

al C

ode,

the

Con

trolle

d D

rugs

and

Sub

stan

ces

Act

, the

C

orre

ctio

ns a

nd C

ondi

tiona

l Rel

ease

Act

, the

You

th C

rimin

al J

ustic

e A

ct, t

he

Imm

igra

tion

and

Ref

ugee

Pro

tect

ion

Act

and

oth

er A

cts

Shor

t Titl

e:

Saf

e S

treet

s an

d C

omm

uniti

es A

ct

Cur

rent

Sta

tus:

S

econ

d R

eadi

ng C

ompl

eted

and

Ref

erre

d to

Com

mitt

ee in

the

Hou

se o

f C

omm

ons

(201

1-09

-28)

(Sta

ndin

g C

omm

ittee

on

Just

ice

and

Hum

an R

ight

s)

Pres

s R

elea

se:

20 S

ept 2

011

– “T

he S

afe

Stre

ets

and

Com

mun

ities

Act

re-in

trodu

ces

the

follo

win

g re

form

s w

hich

wer

e de

bate

d by

Par

liam

ent d

urin

g th

e pr

evio

us s

essi

on b

ut n

ever

be

cam

e la

w:

� Th

e P

rote

ctin

g C

hild

ren

from

Sex

ual P

reda

tors

Act

(for

mer

Bill

C-5

4), w

hich

pr

opos

es in

crea

sed

pena

lties

for s

exua

l offe

nces

aga

inst

chi

ldre

n, a

s w

ell a

s cr

eate

s tw

o ne

w o

ffenc

es a

imed

at c

ondu

ct th

at c

ould

faci

litat

e or

ena

ble

the

com

mis

sion

of a

sex

ual o

ffenc

e ag

ains

t a c

hild

; �

The

Pen

altie

s fo

r Org

aniz

ed D

rug

Crim

e A

ct (f

orm

er B

ill S

-10)

, whi

ch w

ould

ta

rget

org

aniz

ed c

rime

by im

posi

ng to

ughe

r sen

tenc

es fo

r the

pro

duct

ion

and

poss

essi

on o

f illi

cit d

rugs

for t

he p

urpo

ses

of tr

affic

king

; �

Séb

astie

n's

Law

(Pro

tect

ing

the

Pub

lic fr

om V

iole

nt Y

oung

Offe

nder

s) (f

orm

er B

ill C

-4),

whi

ch w

ould

ens

ure

that

vio

lent

and

repe

at y

oung

offe

nder

s ar

e he

ld

acco

unta

ble

for t

heir

actio

ns a

nd th

e pr

otec

tion

of s

ocie

ty is

a p

aram

ount

co

nsid

erat

ion

in th

e tre

atm

ent o

f you

ng o

ffend

ers

by th

e ju

stic

e sy

stem

; �

The

End

ing

Hou

se A

rres

t for

Pro

perty

and

Oth

er S

erio

us C

rimes

by

Ser

ious

and

V

iole

nt O

ffend

ers

Act

(for

mer

Bill

C-1

6), w

hich

wou

ld e

limin

ate

the

use

of

cond

ition

al s

ente

nces

, or h

ouse

arr

est,

for s

erio

us a

nd v

iole

nt c

rimes

; �

The

Incr

easi

ng O

ffend

er A

ccou

ntab

ility

Act

(for

mer

Bill

C-3

9), w

hich

wou

ld

ensh

rine

a vi

ctim

's ri

ght t

o pa

rtici

pate

in p

arol

e he

arin

gs a

nd a

ddre

ss in

mat

e ac

coun

tabi

lity,

resp

onsi

bilit

y, a

nd m

anag

emen

t und

er th

e C

orre

ctio

ns a

nd

Con

ditio

nal R

elea

se A

ct;

� Th

e E

limin

atin

g P

ardo

ns fo

r Ser

ious

Crim

es A

ct (f

orm

er B

ill C

-23B

), w

hich

wou

ld

exte

nd th

e in

elig

ibili

ty p

erio

ds fo

r app

licat

ions

for a

reco

rd s

uspe

nsio

n (c

urre

ntly

ca

lled

a "p

ardo

n") t

o fiv

e ye

ars

for s

umm

ary

conv

ictio

n of

fenc

es a

nd to

ten

year

s fo

r ind

icta

ble

offe

nces

; �

The

Kee

ping

Can

adia

ns S

afe

(Inte

rnat

iona

l Tra

nsfe

r of O

ffend

ers)

Act

(for

mer

B

ill C

-5),

whi

ch w

ould

add

add

ition

al c

riter

ia th

at th

e M

inis

ter o

f Pub

lic S

afet

y co

uld

cons

ider

whe

n de

cidi

ng w

heth

er o

r not

to a

llow

the

trans

fer o

f a C

anad

ian

offe

nder

bac

k to

Can

ada

to s

erve

thei

r sen

tenc

e;

� Th

e Ju

stic

e fo

r Vic

tims

of T

erro

rism

Act

and

rela

ted

amen

dmen

ts to

the

Sta

te

Imm

unity

Act

(for

mer

Bill

S-7

), w

hich

wou

ld a

llow

vic

tims

of te

rror

ism

to s

ue

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e 13

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perp

etra

tors

and

sup

porte

rs o

f ter

roris

m, i

nclu

ding

list

ed fo

reig

n st

ates

, for

loss

or

dam

age

that

occ

urre

d as

a re

sult

of a

n ac

t of t

erro

rism

com

mitt

ed a

nyw

here

in

the

wor

ld; a

nd

� Th

e P

reve

ntin

g th

e Tr

affic

king

, Abu

se a

nd E

xplo

itatio

n of

Vul

nera

ble

Imm

igra

nts

Act

(for

mer

Bill

C-5

6), w

hich

wou

ld a

utho

rize

imm

igra

tion

offic

ers

to re

fuse

wor

k pe

rmits

to v

ulne

rabl

e fo

reig

n na

tiona

ls w

hen

it is

det

erm

ined

that

they

are

at r

isk

of h

umili

atin

g or

deg

radi

ng tr

eatm

ent,

incl

udin

g se

xual

exp

loita

tion

or h

uman

tra

ffick

ing.

Dep

artm

ent o

f Jus

tice

Bac

kgro

unde

r (S

ept 2

011)

:

“The

pro

pose

d am

endm

ents

in th

is le

gisl

atio

n w

ould

mak

e co

mm

uniti

es s

afer

by:

exte

ndin

g gr

eate

r pro

tect

ion

to th

e m

ost v

ulne

rabl

e m

embe

rs o

f soc

iety

, as

wel

l as

vic

tims

of te

rror

ism

; �

furth

er e

nhan

cing

the

abili

ty o

f our

just

ice

syst

em to

hol

d cr

imin

als

acco

unta

ble

for t

heir

actio

ns; a

nd

� he

lpin

g im

prov

e th

e sa

fety

and

sec

urity

of a

ll C

anad

ians

.

“The

Saf

e S

treet

s an

d C

omm

uniti

es A

ct w

ould

: �

bette

r pro

tect

chi

ldre

n an

d yo

uth

from

sex

ual p

reda

tors

; �

incr

ease

pen

altie

s fo

r org

aniz

ed d

rug

crim

e;

� en

d ho

use

arre

st fo

r ser

ious

crim

es;

� pr

otec

t the

pub

lic fr

om v

iole

nt y

oung

offe

nder

s;

� el

imin

ate

pard

ons

for s

erio

us c

rimes

; �

ensh

rine

in la

w a

num

ber o

f add

ition

al k

ey fa

ctor

s in

dec

idin

g w

heth

er a

n of

fend

er w

ould

be

gran

ted

a tra

nsfe

r bac

k to

Can

ada;

incr

ease

offe

nder

acc

ount

abili

ty a

nd s

uppo

rt vi

ctim

s of

crim

e;

� su

ppor

t vic

tims

of te

rror

ism

; and

prot

ect v

ulne

rabl

e fo

reig

n na

tiona

ls a

gain

st a

buse

and

exp

loita

tion.

“Bet

ter P

rote

ctin

g C

hild

ren

and

Yout

h fr

om S

exua

l Pre

dato

rs (f

orm

er B

ill C

-54)

Th

e S

afe

Stre

ets

and

Com

mun

ities

Act

pro

pose

s am

endm

ents

to th

e C

rimin

al C

ode

that

wou

ld:

� es

tabl

ish

new

man

dato

ry m

inim

um p

enal

ties

for s

even

exi

stin

g of

fenc

es re

late

d to

chi

ld e

xplo

itatio

n. T

he a

dditi

on o

f man

dato

ry m

inim

um p

enal

ties

to th

ese

offe

nces

wou

ld a

lso

have

the

effe

ct o

f elim

inat

ing

the

use

of c

ondi

tiona

l se

nten

ces

or h

ouse

arr

est f

or a

ny o

f the

se c

ases

; �

incr

ease

the

man

dato

ry m

inim

um p

enal

ties

for n

ine

exis

ting

offe

nces

to b

ette

r re

flect

the

serio

us n

atur

e of

thes

e of

fenc

es, a

s w

ell a

s to

brin

g gr

eate

r co

nsis

tenc

y in

sen

tenc

ing

in th

ese

case

s;

� in

crea

se th

e m

axim

um p

rison

sen

tenc

es fo

r fou

r exi

stin

g ch

ild s

exua

l exp

loita

tion

offe

nces

to b

ette

r ref

lect

the

parti

cula

rly h

eino

us n

atur

e of

thes

e of

fenc

es;

� cr

eate

two

new

offe

nces

to p

rohi

bit a

nyon

e fro

m p

rovi

ding

sex

ually

exp

licit

mat

eria

l to

a ch

ild fo

r the

pur

pose

of f

acilit

atin

g th

e co

mm

issi

on o

f a s

exua

l of

fenc

e ag

ains

t tha

t chi

ld, a

nd to

pro

hibi

t any

one

from

usi

ng a

ny m

eans

of

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tele

com

mun

icat

ions

, inc

ludi

ng th

e In

tern

et, t

o ag

ree

or m

ake

arra

ngem

ents

with

an

othe

r per

son

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f com

mitt

ing

a se

xual

offe

nce

agai

nst a

chi

ld;

and

� re

quire

judg

es to

con

side

r pro

hibi

ting

susp

ecte

d or

con

vict

ed c

hild

sex

offe

nder

s fro

m h

avin

g an

y un

supe

rvis

ed c

onta

ct w

ith a

you

ng p

erso

n un

der t

he a

ge o

f 16

year

s or

hav

ing

any

unsu

perv

ised

use

of t

he In

tern

et o

r oth

er d

igita

l net

wor

k.

“Incr

easi

ng P

enal

ties

for S

erio

us D

rug

Crim

e (fo

rmer

Bill

S-1

0)

The

Saf

e S

treet

s an

d C

omm

uniti

es A

ct p

ropo

ses

amen

dmen

ts to

the

Con

trolle

d D

rugs

and

Sub

stan

ces

Act

that

wou

ld:

� pr

ovid

e m

anda

tory

min

imum

pen

altie

s fo

r ser

ious

dru

g of

fenc

es, w

hen

such

of

fenc

es a

re c

arrie

d ou

t for

org

aniz

ed c

rime

purp

oses

or i

f the

y in

volv

e ta

rget

ing

yout

h. G

ener

ally

, the

min

imum

pen

alty

wou

ld a

pply

whe

re th

ere

is a

n ag

grav

atin

g fa

ctor

, inc

ludi

ng w

here

the

prod

uctio

n of

the

drug

con

stitu

ted

a po

tent

ial s

ecur

ity, h

ealth

or s

afet

y ha

zard

. Th

ese

serio

us d

rug

offe

nces

wou

ld in

clud

e:

o pr

oduc

tion;

o

traffi

ckin

g;

o po

sses

sion

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f tra

ffick

ing;

o

impo

rting

and

exp

ortin

g; a

nd

o po

sses

sion

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f exp

ortin

g.

incr

ease

the

max

imum

pen

alty

for t

he p

rodu

ctio

n of

dru

gs li

sted

in S

ched

ule

II of

th

e C

ontro

lled

Dru

gs a

nd S

ubst

ance

s A

ct, e

.g. m

ariju

ana,

from

7 to

14

year

s.

The

aggr

avat

ing

fact

ors

invo

lve

offe

nces

com

mitt

ed:

o fo

r the

ben

efit

of o

rgan

ized

crim

e;

o in

volv

ing

use

or th

reat

of v

iole

nce;

o

invo

lvin

g us

e or

thre

at o

f use

of w

eapo

ns;

o by

som

eone

who

has

bee

n pr

evio

usly

con

vict

ed (i

n th

e pa

st 1

0 ye

ars)

of a

se

rious

dru

g of

fenc

e;

o in

a p

rison

; o

by a

busi

ng a

pos

ition

of a

utho

rity

or a

cces

s to

rest

ricte

d ar

eas;

o

in o

r nea

r a s

choo

l, in

or n

ear a

n ar

ea n

orm

ally

freq

uent

ed b

y yo

uth

or in

th

e pr

esen

ce o

f you

th;

o th

roug

h in

volv

ing

a yo

uth

in th

e co

mm

issi

on o

f the

offe

nce;

and

o

in re

latio

n to

a y

outh

(e.g

. sel

ling

to a

you

th).

Th

e se

curit

y, h

ealth

and

saf

ety

fact

ors

are:

o

the

accu

sed

used

real

pro

perty

that

bel

ongs

to a

third

par

ty to

com

mit

the

offe

nce;

o

the

prod

uctio

n co

nstit

uted

a p

oten

tial s

ecur

ity, h

ealth

or s

afet

y ha

zard

to

child

ren

who

wer

e in

the

loca

tion

whe

re th

e of

fenc

e w

as c

omm

itted

or i

n th

e im

med

iate

are

a;

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o th

e pr

oduc

tion

cons

titut

ed a

pot

entia

l pub

lic s

afet

y ha

zard

in a

resi

dent

ial

area

; and

o

the

accu

sed

plac

ed o

r set

a tr

ap.

mov

e G

HB

and

flun

itraz

epam

, mos

t com

mon

ly k

now

n as

dat

e-ra

pe d

rugs

, and

am

phet

amin

e dr

ugs

from

Sch

edul

e III

to S

ched

ule

I, w

hich

wou

ld re

sult

in h

ighe

r m

axim

um p

enal

ties

for i

llega

l act

iviti

es in

volv

ing

thes

e dr

ugs.

� m

ake

exem

ptio

ns fo

r dru

g tre

atm

ent p

rogr

ams

by a

llow

ing

a co

urt t

o su

spen

d a

sent

ence

whi

le th

e ad

dict

ed o

ffend

er ta

kes

a tre

atm

ent p

rogr

am a

ppro

ved

by th

e pr

ovin

ce u

nder

the

supe

rvis

ion

of th

e co

urt a

s ou

tline

d in

sec

tion

720(

2) o

f the

C

rimin

al C

ode

or a

Dru

g Tr

eatm

ent C

ourt

appr

oved

pro

gram

. If t

he o

ffend

er

succ

essf

ully

com

plet

es th

e tre

atm

ent p

rogr

am, t

he c

ourt

coul

d im

pose

a

susp

ende

d or

redu

ced

sent

ence

.

“Pro

tect

ing

Soci

ety

from

Vio

lent

and

Rep

eat Y

oung

Offe

nder

s(fo

rmer

Bill

C-4

) Th

e S

afe

Stre

ets

and

Com

mun

ities

Act

pro

pose

s am

endm

ents

to th

e Y

outh

Crim

inal

Ju

stic

e A

ct th

at w

ould

: �

high

light

the

prot

ectio

n of

soc

iety

as

a fu

ndam

enta

l prin

cipl

e of

the

You

th

Crim

inal

Jus

tice

Act

; �

sim

plify

pre

-tria

l det

entio

n ru

les

to h

elp

ensu

re th

at, w

hen

nece

ssar

y, v

iole

nt a

nd

repe

at y

oung

offe

nder

s ar

e ke

pt o

ff th

e st

reet

s w

hile

aw

aitin

g tri

al;

� st

reng

then

sen

tenc

ing

prov

isio

ns a

nd re

duce

bar

riers

to c

usto

dy w

here

ap

prop

riate

for v

iole

nt a

nd re

peat

you

ng o

ffend

ers.

Spe

cific

ally

, the

legi

slat

ion

wou

ld b

e am

ende

d to

: o

add

“spe

cific

det

erre

nce

and

denu

ncia

tion”

to th

e pr

inci

ples

of s

ente

ncin

g to

dis

cour

age

a pa

rticu

lar o

ffend

er fr

om c

omm

ittin

g fu

rther

offe

nces

; o

expa

nd th

e de

finiti

on o

f “vi

olen

t offe

nce”

to in

clud

e be

havi

our t

hat

enda

nger

s th

e lif

e or

saf

ety

of o

ther

s; a

nd

o al

low

cus

todi

al s

ente

nces

to b

e im

pose

d, w

here

app

ropr

iate

, on

yout

h w

ho h

ave

a pa

ttern

of f

indi

ngs

of g

uilt

or e

xtra

judi

cial

san

ctio

ns.

� re

quire

the

Cro

wn

to c

onsi

der s

eeki

ng a

dult

sent

ence

s fo

r you

th c

onvi

cted

of t

he

mos

t ser

ious

vio

lent

crim

es (m

urde

r, at

tem

pted

mur

der,

man

slau

ghte

r and

ag

grav

ated

sex

ual a

ssau

lt). P

rovi

nces

and

terr

itorie

s w

ould

mai

ntai

n th

e di

scre

tion

to s

et th

e ag

e at

whi

ch th

is re

quire

men

t wou

ld a

pply

; �

requ

ire th

e co

urts

to c

onsi

der l

iftin

g th

e pu

blic

atio

n ba

n on

the

nam

es o

f you

ng

offe

nder

s co

nvic

ted

of “v

iole

nt o

ffenc

es,”

whe

n yo

uth

sent

ence

s ar

e gi

ven;

requ

ire p

olic

e to

kee

p re

cord

s w

hen

info

rmal

mea

sure

s ar

e us

ed in

ord

er to

m

ake

it ea

sier

to id

entif

y pa

ttern

s of

re-o

ffend

ing;

and

ensu

re th

at a

ll yo

ung

offe

nder

s un

der 1

8 w

ho a

re g

iven

a c

usto

dial

sen

tenc

e w

ill

serv

e it

in a

you

th fa

cilit

y.

“End

ing

Hou

se A

rres

t for

Pro

pert

y an

d O

ther

Ser

ious

Crim

es(fo

rmer

Bill

C-1

6)

The

Saf

e S

treet

s an

d C

omm

uniti

es A

ct p

ropo

ses

amen

dmen

ts to

the

Crim

inal

Cod

e th

at w

ould

rest

rict t

he u

se o

f con

ditio

nal s

ente

nces

. A c

ondi

tiona

l sen

tenc

e is

a

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sent

ence

of i

mpr

ison

men

t of l

ess

than

two

year

s th

at m

ay b

e se

rved

in th

e co

mm

unity

for e

xam

ple,

und

er h

ouse

arr

est –

pro

vide

d ce

rtain

con

ditio

ns a

re m

et.

Cur

rent

ly, i

n or

der f

or th

e co

urts

to im

pose

a c

ondi

tiona

l sen

tenc

e:

� th

e of

fenc

e m

ust n

ot b

e pu

nish

able

by

a m

anda

tory

min

imum

pen

alty

; �

the

cour

t mus

t im

pose

a s

ente

nce

of im

pris

onm

ent o

f les

s th

an tw

o ye

ars;

the

cour

t mus

t be

satis

fied

that

ser

vice

of t

he s

ente

nce

in th

e co

mm

unity

will

not

enda

nger

the

safe

ty o

f the

com

mun

ity;

� th

e co

urt m

ust b

e sa

tisfie

d th

at a

con

ditio

nal s

ente

nce

wou

ld b

e co

nsis

tent

with

th

e fu

ndam

enta

l pur

pose

and

prin

cipl

es o

f sen

tenc

ing;

and

the

offe

nce

mus

t not

be

one

that

is:

o a

serio

us p

erso

nal i

njur

y of

fenc

e (a

s de

fined

in s

ectio

n 75

2),

o a

terr

oris

m o

ffenc

e, o

r o

a cr

imin

al o

rgan

izat

ion

offe

nce,

pu

nish

able

by

a m

axim

um o

f 10

year

s im

pris

onm

ent o

r mor

e an

d pr

osec

uted

by

indi

ctm

ent.

The

amen

dmen

ts w

ould

mai

ntai

n th

ese

cond

ition

s, b

ut w

ould

als

o pr

ovid

e an

exp

ande

d an

d cl

ear l

ist o

f offe

nces

for w

hich

con

ditio

nal s

ente

nces

are

not

ava

ilabl

e.

List

of O

ffenc

es fo

r whi

ch C

ondi

tiona

l Sen

tenc

es W

ould

Not

Be

Ava

ilabl

e �

All

offe

nces

for w

hich

the

law

pre

scrib

es a

max

imum

sen

tenc

e of

14

year

s or

life

in

clud

ing:

man

slau

ghte

r, ag

grav

ated

ass

ault,

ars

on a

nd fr

aud

over

$5,

000.

Offe

nces

pro

secu

ted

by in

dict

men

t and

for w

hich

the

law

pre

scrib

es a

max

imum

se

nten

ce o

f im

pris

onm

ent o

f 10

year

s th

at:

� re

sult

in b

odily

har

m

� in

volv

e th

e im

port/

expo

rt, tr

affic

king

and

pro

duct

ion

of d

rugs

invo

lve

the

use

of w

eapo

ns.

� Th

e fo

llow

ing

offe

nces

for w

hich

the

law

pre

scrib

es a

max

imum

pen

alty

of 1

0 ye

ars

whe

n pr

osec

uted

by

indi

ctm

ent:

o

pris

on b

reac

h

o m

otor

veh

icle

thef

t o

crim

inal

har

assm

ent

o se

xual

ass

ault

o

kidn

appi

ng, f

orci

ble

conf

inem

ent

o tra

ffick

ing

in p

erso

ns –

mat

eria

l ben

efit

o

abdu

ctio

n of

a p

erso

n un

der 1

4 (i.

e., b

y a

stra

nger

) o

thef

t ove

r $5,

000

o

brea

king

and

ent

erin

g w

ith in

tent

o

bein

g un

law

fully

in a

dw

ellin

g-ho

use

o

arso

n fo

r fra

udul

ent p

urpo

se.

“Incr

easi

ng O

ffend

er A

ccou

ntab

ility

(form

er B

ill C

-39)

Th

e S

afe

Stre

ets

and

Com

mun

ities

Act

pro

pose

s am

endm

ents

to th

e C

orre

ctio

ns a

nd

Con

ditio

nal R

elea

se A

ct th

at w

ould

:

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� en

shrin

e vi

ctim

par

ticip

atio

n in

con

ditio

nal r

elea

se b

oard

hea

rings

, and

kee

p vi

ctim

s be

tter i

nfor

med

abo

ut th

e be

havi

our a

nd h

andl

ing

of o

ffend

ers;

incr

ease

offe

nder

acc

ount

abili

ty b

y m

oder

nizi

ng d

isci

plin

ary

sanc

tions

and

ad

ding

a re

quire

men

t in

law

to c

ompl

ete

a co

rrec

tiona

l pla

n fo

r eac

h of

fend

er th

at

sets

out

beh

avio

ral e

xpec

tatio

ns, o

bjec

tives

for p

rogr

am p

artic

ipat

ion,

and

the

mee

ting

of c

ourt-

orde

red

oblig

atio

ns s

uch

as v

ictim

rest

itutio

n or

chi

ld s

uppo

rt;

� au

thor

ize

polic

e to

arr

est a

n of

fend

er w

ho a

ppea

rs to

be

brea

king

thei

r rel

ease

co

nditi

ons,

with

out t

he n

eed

for a

war

rant

; and

emph

asiz

e th

e im

porta

nce

of c

onsi

derin

g th

e se

rious

ness

of a

n of

fenc

e in

Par

ole

Boa

rd o

f Can

ada

deci

sion

-mak

ing.

“E

limin

atin

g Pa

rdon

s fo

r Ser

ious

Crim

es(fo

rmer

Bill

C-2

3B)

The

Saf

e S

treet

s an

d C

omm

uniti

es A

ct p

ropo

ses

amen

dmen

ts to

the

Crim

inal

Rec

ords

A

ct th

at w

ould

: �

repl

ace

the

term

“par

don”

with

the

term

“rec

ord

susp

ensi

on”;

requ

ire th

e P

arol

e B

oard

of C

anad

a to

sub

mit

an a

nnua

l rep

ort t

hat i

nclu

des

stat

istic

s on

the

num

ber o

f app

licat

ions

for r

ecor

d su

spen

sion

s an

d th

e nu

mbe

r of

thos

e or

dere

d;

� ex

tend

the

inel

igib

ility

per

iods

for a

pplic

atio

ns fo

r a re

cord

sus

pens

ion

to fi

ve

year

s fo

r sum

mar

y co

nvic

tion

offe

nces

and

to te

n ye

ars

for i

ndic

tabl

e of

fenc

es;

and

mak

e ce

rtain

peo

ple

inel

igib

le to

app

ly fo

r a re

cord

sus

pens

ion,

incl

udin

g th

ose

conv

icte

d of

a s

exua

l offe

nce

in re

latio

n to

a m

inor

, or t

hose

con

vict

ed o

f mor

e th

an th

ree

offe

nces

– e

ach

of w

hich

was

pro

secu

ted

by in

dict

men

t or i

s a

serv

ice

offe

nce

that

is s

ubje

ct to

a m

axim

um p

unis

hmen

t of i

mpr

ison

men

t for

life

, and

for

each

of w

hich

the

pers

on w

as s

ente

nced

to im

pris

onm

ent f

or tw

o ye

ars

or m

ore.

“A

ddin

g C

riter

ia fo

r the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Tra

nsfe

r of C

anad

ian

Offe

nder

s B

ack

to

Can

ada(

form

er B

ill C

-5)

The

Saf

e S

treet

s an

d C

omm

uniti

es A

ct p

ropo

ses

amen

dmen

ts to

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Tr

ansf

er o

f Offe

nder

s A

ct th

at w

ould

ens

hrin

e in

law

a n

umbe

r of a

dditi

onal

key

fact

ors

in d

ecid

ing

whe

ther

an

offe

nder

wou

ld b

e gr

ante

d a

trans

fer b

ack

to C

anad

a. T

hese

fa

ctor

s w

ould

incl

ude

whe

ther

, in

the

opin

ion

of th

e M

inis

ter,

an o

ffend

er w

ould

upo

n re

turn

to C

anad

a:

� en

dang

er p

ublic

saf

ety;

cont

inue

to e

ngag

e in

crim

inal

act

iviti

es fo

llow

ing

his

or h

er tr

ansf

er; a

nd

� en

dang

er th

e sa

fety

of a

ny c

hild

, par

ticul

arly

in c

ases

of o

ffend

ers

who

hav

e be

en c

onvi

cted

of s

exua

l abu

se.

“Sup

port

ing

Vict

ims

of T

erro

rism

(form

er B

ill S

-7)

The

Saf

e S

treet

s an

d C

omm

uniti

es A

ct p

ropo

ses

enac

tmen

t of t

he J

ustic

e fo

r Vic

tims

of

Terr

oris

m A

ct a

nd a

men

dmen

ts to

the

Sta

te Im

mun

ity A

ct. T

hese

cha

nges

wou

ld:

� su

ppor

t the

Gov

ernm

ent o

f Can

ada’

s fig

ht a

gain

st te

rror

ism

and

hol

d pe

rpet

rato

rs a

nd s

uppo

rters

of t

erro

rism

acc

ount

able

for t

heir

actio

ns;

� de

ter t

erro

rism

and

dem

onst

rate

Can

ada’

s le

ader

ship

aga

inst

sup

porte

rs o

f te

rroris

m a

roun

d th

e w

orld

; and

Pag

e 18

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� pe

rmit

vict

ims

to s

eek

redr

ess

for l

oss

and

dam

age

that

occ

urre

d as

a re

sult

of a

te

rror

ist a

ct. V

ictim

s w

ould

be

able

to la

unch

a la

wsu

it in

a C

anad

ian

cour

t ag

ains

t an

indi

vidu

al o

r org

aniz

atio

n th

at c

arrie

d ou

t a te

rror

ist a

ttack

, or a

gain

st

supp

orte

rs o

f ter

roris

m, i

nclu

ding

a fo

reig

n st

ate

that

the

Gov

ernm

ent h

as li

sted

as

pro

vidi

ng s

uppo

rt to

terro

rist e

ntiti

es li

sted

pur

suan

t to

the

Crim

inal

Cod

e.

“Pro

tect

ing

Vuln

erab

le F

orei

gn N

atio

nals

aga

inst

Tra

ffick

ing,

Abu

se a

nd

Expl

oita

tion

(form

er B

ill C

-56)

Th

eS

afe

Stre

ets

and

Com

mun

ities

Act

pro

pose

s re

form

s to

the

Imm

igra

tion

and

Ref

ugee

Pro

tect

ion

Act

that

wou

ld:

� m

ake

it po

ssib

le to

den

y w

ork

perm

its to

app

lican

ts w

ho a

re v

ulne

rabl

e to

abu

se

or e

xplo

itatio

n; a

nd,

� en

sure

any

dec

isio

n by

an

imm

igra

tion

offic

er to

refu

se a

wor

k pe

rmit

in C

anad

a w

ould

requ

ire a

ppro

val b

y a

seco

nd o

ffice

r.

Som

e of

thos

e w

ho c

ould

be

vuln

erab

le to

hum

iliat

ing

and

degr

adin

g tre

atm

ent o

r se

xual

exp

loita

tion

incl

ude:

exot

ic d

ance

rs;

� lo

w-s

kille

d la

bour

ers;

and

pote

ntia

l vic

tims

of h

uman

traf

ficki

ng.”

Pag

e 19

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-201

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Sum

mar

y A

naly

sis

of

The

Safe

Str

eets

and

Com

mun

ities

Act

(Bill

C-1

0)(in

clud

es re

com

men

ded

BC

pos

ition

s)N

ovem

ber 1

4, 2

011

A.

BA

CK

GR

OU

ND

� Bi

ll C

-10

rece

ived

firs

t rea

ding

in th

e H

ouse

of C

omm

ons

on S

epte

mbe

r 20,

201

1 an

d se

cond

read

ing

on S

epte

mbe

r 28,

201

1.

� It

is a

n om

nibu

s Bi

ll—it

inco

rpor

ates

a n

umbe

r of B

ills

that

had

bee

n in

trodu

ced

in th

e ye

ars

befo

re th

e la

st fe

dera

l ele

ctio

n.

� Si

gnifi

cant

cha

nges

to th

e co

mpo

nent

s of

the

Bill

have

bee

n m

ade

sinc

e th

e or

igin

al B

ills

wer

e ta

bled

. �

The

fede

ral g

over

nmen

t has

ann

ounc

ed th

at it

will

sec

ure

pass

age

of th

e Bi

ll w

ithin

100

da

ys.

� Th

e B

ill’s

refo

rms

fall

into

nin

e m

ain

area

s:

o am

endm

ents

to th

e Yo

uth

Crim

inal

Jus

tice

Act

; o

furth

er re

stric

tions

on

the

use

of c

ondi

tiona

l sen

tenc

es fo

r ser

ious

offe

nces

; o

incr

ease

d or

new

ly im

pose

d m

anda

tory

min

imum

pen

altie

s fo

r sex

offe

nces

aga

inst

ch

ildre

n;

o m

anda

tory

min

imum

pen

altie

s fo

r dru

g cr

imes

; o

mea

sure

s to

pre

vent

vul

nera

ble

fore

ign

natio

nals

from

bei

ng e

xplo

ited.

o

allo

win

g vi

ctim

s of

terr

oris

m to

sue

per

petra

tors

of t

erro

rism

; o

esta

blis

hing

the

right

of a

vic

tim to

mak

e a

stat

emen

t at p

arol

e he

arin

gs a

nd

prov

idin

g vi

ctim

s w

ith in

form

atio

n ab

out o

ffend

er tr

ansf

ers

and

parti

cipa

tion

in

corr

ectio

nal p

rogr

amm

ing;

o cr

eatin

g “r

ecor

d su

spen

sion

s” to

repl

ace

“par

dons

”, w

hich

hav

e lo

nger

inel

igib

ility

pe

riods

and

mak

e so

me

offe

nder

s in

elig

ible

; and

o m

odify

ing

the

list o

f fac

tors

that

the

fede

ral M

inis

ter o

f Pub

lic S

afet

y m

ay c

onsi

der i

n de

cidi

ng w

heth

er to

con

sent

to th

e tra

nsfe

r of a

Can

adia

n of

fend

er c

onvi

cted

abr

oad.

Pag

e 20

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SS

-201

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. 13

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B.

KEY

PO

INTS

1.G

ENER

AL

OB

SER

VATI

ON

S A

BO

UT

CO

STIM

PLIC

ATI

ON

S O

F C

-10

� C

ost a

naly

sis

will

be

a ne

cess

arily

impr

ecis

e af

fair,

with

rang

es o

f lik

ely

cost

s on

ly.

The

crim

inal

just

ice

syst

em is

a h

uman

sys

tem

and

pre

dict

ing

hum

an b

ehav

iour

, on

the

part

of

accu

sed,

def

ence

cou

nsel

, Cro

wn

coun

sel a

nd ju

dges

is fr

augh

t with

cha

lleng

es.

� N

onet

hele

ss, f

urth

er b

est e

fforts

ana

lysi

s of

the

cost

impl

icat

ions

is u

nder

way

and

will

be

2.YO

UTH

CR

IMIN

AL

JUST

ICE

REF

OR

M �

C

urre

nt C

-10

refo

rms

to th

e Yo

uth

Crim

inal

Jus

tice

Act i

nclu

de:

� Th

e pr

otec

tion

of s

ocie

ty a

s a

fund

amen

tal p

rinci

ple

of th

e A

ct.

� M

ore

pow

er fo

r jud

ges

to d

etai

n yo

uths

bef

ore

trial

if th

ey a

re c

harg

ed w

ith a

ser

ious

of

fenc

e (a

ny in

dict

able

offe

nce

for w

hich

an

adul

t cou

ld b

e se

nten

ced

to 5

yea

rs o

r mor

e)

and

if th

ey s

how

a p

atte

rn o

f out

stan

ding

cha

rges

or f

indi

ngs

of g

uilt.

Pre

-tria

l det

entio

n is

al

so a

vaila

ble

if th

e yo

uth

is u

nlik

ely

to a

ppea

r in

cour

t or d

eten

tion

is n

eces

sary

to a

ddre

ss

publ

ic s

afet

y.

Pag

e 21

P

SS

-201

1-02

058

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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� Ju

dges

mus

t con

side

r adu

lt se

nten

ces

for s

erio

us v

iole

nt o

ffenc

es: m

urde

r, m

ansl

augh

ter,

atte

mpt

mur

der a

nd a

ggra

vate

d se

xual

ass

ault.

A n

ew te

st fo

r an

adul

t sen

tenc

e. T

he c

ourt

can

impo

se a

n ad

ult s

ente

nce

if sa

tisfie

d th

at

the

YCJA

’s p

resu

mpt

ion

of d

imin

ishe

d m

oral

cul

pabi

lity

is re

butte

d an

d th

at a

you

th

sent

ence

wou

ld n

ot b

e su

ffici

ent t

o ho

ld th

e yo

uth

acco

unta

ble.

(The

pre

viou

s te

st in

C-4

wou

ld h

ave

mad

e it

virtu

ally

impo

ssib

le to

obt

ain

an a

dult

sent

ence

.) �

Judg

es m

ust c

onsi

der i

n al

l cas

es o

f vio

lent

offe

nces

whe

ther

the

usua

l ban

on

publ

icat

ion

of th

e id

entit

y of

the

yout

h sh

ould

be

lifte

d. (

Viol

ent o

ffenc

es in

clud

e th

ose

in w

hich

a

youn

g pe

rson

thre

aten

s or

cau

seso

r atte

mpt

s to

cau

se b

odily

har

m, a

s w

ell a

s of

fenc

es

that

end

ange

r life

or s

afet

y by

cre

atin

g a

risk

of b

odily

har

m.)

� Th

e ob

ject

ive

of th

is m

easu

re is

to e

nsur

e th

at th

e co

mm

unity

is a

war

e of

you

th w

ho p

ose

thes

e ris

ks.

How

ever

, the

YC

JA a

lread

y pr

ovid

es m

easu

res

for l

ettin

g sp

ecifi

ed p

erso

ns

know

abo

ut th

e yo

uth’

s of

fenc

e (fo

r exa

mpl

e, to

pre

vent

a y

oung

sex

offe

nder

hav

ing

cont

act w

ith c

hild

ren)

. B

C is

not

aw

are

of a

ny e

vide

nce

that

thes

e m

easu

res

have

bee

n in

effe

ctiv

e.

R

ecom

men

ded

posi

tion

on Y

CJA

am

endm

ents

: �

s

. RES

TRIC

TIO

NS

ON

CO

ND

ITIO

NA

L SE

NTE

NC

E O

RD

ERS

(CSO

s) �

A C

SO is

a s

ente

nce

to c

usto

dy s

erve

d ou

tsid

e a

corr

ectio

nal f

acili

ty, k

now

n as

‘hou

se

arre

st’.

A C

SO

can

onl

y be

giv

en w

hen

the

offe

nce

wou

ld ju

stify

a c

usto

dial

sen

tenc

e of

le

ss th

an tw

th

e of

fenc

e.

Pag

e 22

P

SS

-201

1-02

058

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

ss

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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� C

-10

furth

er re

stric

ts th

e us

e of

CS

Os

by s

peci

fyin

g ne

w o

ffenc

es fo

r whi

ch th

ey a

re n

ot

avai

labl

e. E

xam

ples

incl

ude

s. 3

49 (b

eing

unl

awfu

lly in

a d

wel

ling

hous

e), s

. 334

(a),

thef

t ov

er $

5000

, s. 3

33.1

(mot

or v

ehic

le th

eft),

and

s. 2

64 (c

rimin

al h

aras

smen

t).

Rec

omm

ende

d po

sitio

non

rest

rictio

n of

CSO

s: �

3.

SEXU

AL

OFF

ENC

ES A

GA

INST

CH

ILD

REN

� W

hile

mos

t sex

ual o

ffenc

es a

gain

st c

hild

ren

alre

ady

carr

y a

man

dato

ry m

inim

um s

ente

nce,

C

-10

incr

ease

s th

ese

min

imum

s. I

t als

o ad

ds n

ew m

anda

tory

min

imum

s fo

r som

e of

fenc

es,

such

as

lurin

g a

child

. �

Invi

tatio

n to

sex

ual t

ouch

ing

and

sexu

al e

xplo

itatio

n w

ill g

o fro

m 1

4 da

ys (s

umm

ary

conv

ictio

n pr

ocee

ding

s) a

nd 4

5 da

ys (i

ndic

tmen

t), to

90

days

(sum

mar

y) a

nd o

ne y

ear

(indi

ctm

ent).

Rec

omm

ende

d po

sitio

non

sex

ual o

ffenc

es a

gain

st c

hild

ren

amen

dmen

ts:

� B

C h

as lo

ng s

uppo

rted

a m

anda

tory

min

imum

sen

tenc

e fo

r int

erne

t lur

ing,

as

frequ

ently

of

fend

ers

who

are

foun

d gu

ilty

have

bee

n gi

ven

very

low

pen

altie

s, s

uch

as a

con

ditio

nal

Pag

e 23

P

SS

-201

1-02

058

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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4.D

RU

G O

FFEN

CES

� C

-10

amen

ds th

e C

ontro

lled

Dru

gs a

nd S

ubst

ance

s Ac

t to

crea

te n

ew m

anda

tory

min

imum

se

nten

ces

for c

rimin

al a

ctiv

ities

invo

lvin

g tra

ffick

ing

of d

rugs

. �

Whe

ther

a m

anda

tory

min

imum

sen

tenc

e ap

plie

s w

ill d

epen

d on

whe

ther

, as

exam

ples

:

o A

you

th is

invo

lved

(e.g

., th

e of

fenc

e is

don

e in

con

cert

with

a y

outh

, in

rela

tion

to a

yo

uth

such

as

selli

ng to

a y

outh

, or i

n or

nea

r a s

choo

l or w

here

you

th n

orm

ally

are

pr

esen

t);

o Th

e ac

tivity

was

for t

he b

enef

it of

a c

rimin

al o

rgan

izat

ion;

o

Viol

ence

was

use

dor

thre

aten

ed in

the

com

mis

sion

of t

he a

ct o

r wea

pons

wer

e us

ed

or th

reat

ened

; o

The

activ

ity p

osed

a s

afet

y ha

zard

to a

resi

dent

ial c

omm

unity

or t

o ch

ildre

n in

the

loca

tion

whe

re th

e of

fenc

e oc

curr

ed;

o Th

e ac

tivity

use

d re

al p

rope

rty th

at b

elon

gs to

a th

ird p

arty

. �

Exa

mpl

es: m

inim

um p

enal

ties

for S

ched

ule

I dru

gs (s

uch

as h

eroi

n, c

ocai

ne a

nd

amph

etam

ines

): o

Prod

uctio

n: 2

yea

rs to

3 y

ears

, dep

endi

ng o

n fa

ctor

s pr

esen

t; o

Impo

rting

or e

xpor

ting

for p

urpo

se o

f tra

ffick

ing:

les

s th

an a

kg:

1 y

ear;

mor

e th

an 1

kg

: 2 y

ears

. �

Exa

mpl

es o

f min

imum

pen

altie

s fo

r Sch

edul

e II

drug

s(c

anna

bis,

bot

h m

ariju

ana

and

resi

n):

o Po

sses

sion

for p

urpo

se o

f tra

ffick

ing:

1 o

r 2 y

ears

, dep

endi

ng o

n fa

ctor

s pr

esen

t and

if

mor

e th

an 3

kg

mar

ijuan

a or

resi

n o

Impo

rt or

exp

ort f

or p

urpo

se o

f tra

ffick

ing:

1 y

ear

o Pr

oduc

tion

of 6

to 2

0 pl

ants

for p

urpo

se o

f tra

ffick

ing:

6 m

onth

s to

9 m

onth

s if

heal

th/s

afet

y fa

ctor

s ap

ply

o Pr

oduc

tion

of o

il or

resi

n fo

r pur

pose

of t

raffi

ckin

g: 1

yea

r to

18 m

onth

s if

heal

th a

nd

safe

ty fa

ctor

s ap

ply.

‘Tra

ffick

ing’

doe

s no

t req

uire

evi

denc

e of

sel

ling;

it c

an in

clud

e sh

arin

g fo

r fre

e w

ith a

sm

all

num

ber o

f frie

nds.

Dru

g cr

imes

are

pro

secu

ted

by fe

dera

l pro

secu

tors

.

year

s, w

hich

mea

ns p

rovi

ncia

l inc

arce

ratio

n, n

ot fe

dera

l.)

R

ecom

men

ded

posi

tion

on d

rug

offe

nce

amen

dmen

ts:

Pag

e 24

P

SS

-201

1-02

058

s. 1

3

s. 1

3s.

13

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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5.PR

OTE

CTI

ON

OF

VULN

ERA

BLE

FO

REI

GN

NA

TIO

NA

LS �

C-1

0 w

ill a

utho

rize

the

fede

ral m

inis

ter o

f Citi

zens

hip,

Imm

igra

tion,

and

Mul

ticul

tura

lism

, who

ha

s di

scre

tiona

ry a

utho

rity

to p

erm

it fo

reig

n na

tiona

ls to

ent

er C

anad

a, to

issu

e ru

les

to

imm

igra

tion

offic

ers

allo

win

g th

em to

den

y w

ork

perm

its b

ased

on

publ

ic p

olic

y co

nsid

erat

ions

. �

The

rule

s m

ust “

pres

crib

e pu

blic

pol

icy

cons

ider

atio

ns th

at a

im to

pro

tect

fore

ign

natio

nals

fro

m h

umili

atin

g or

deg

radi

ng tr

eatm

ent,

incl

udin

g se

xual

exp

loita

tion.

” �

The

pote

ntia

l im

pact

of t

his

is n

ot k

now

n,

R

ecom

men

ded

posi

tion

on v

ulne

rabl

e fo

reig

n na

tiona

ls:

6.EL

IMIN

ATI

NG

PA

RD

ON

S FO

R S

ERIO

US

CR

IMES

� C

-10

amen

ds th

eC

rimin

al R

ecor

ds A

ct b

y cr

eatin

g “re

cord

sus

pens

ions

” to

repl

ace

“par

dons

”. R

ecor

d su

spen

sion

s ar

e m

ore

rest

rictiv

e in

that

they

gen

eral

ly h

ave

long

er

elig

ibili

ty p

erio

ds b

etw

een

conv

ictio

n an

d su

spen

sion

and

are

not

ava

ilabl

e to

cer

tain

of

fend

ers.

For a

n of

fenc

e th

at is

pro

secu

ted

by in

dict

men

t, th

e Pa

role

Boa

rd o

f Can

ada

may

ord

er a

re

cord

sus

pens

ion

afte

r a w

aitin

g pe

riod

of te

n ye

ars

(the

prev

ious

wai

ting

perio

d fo

r a

pard

on w

as 5

or 1

0 ye

ars

depe

ndin

g on

the

offe

nce)

.

� Fo

r a s

umm

ary

conv

ictio

n of

fenc

e, th

e P

arol

e Bo

ard

may

ord

er a

reco

rd s

uspe

nsio

n af

ter a

R

ecom

men

ded

posi

tion

on p

ardo

n ch

ange

s:

� Th

is is

con

sist

ent w

ith o

ther

sec

tions

of C

-10,

Pag

e 25

P

SS

-201

1-02

058

S. 1

3; S

. 16

,S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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7.

INC

REA

SIN

G O

FFEN

DER

AC

OU

NTA

BIL

ITY

C-1

0 es

tabl

ishe

s th

e rig

ht o

f a v

ictim

to m

ake

a st

atem

ent a

t par

ole

hear

ings

C-1

0 ex

pand

s th

e in

form

atio

n ab

out i

ncar

cera

ted

offe

nder

s th

at m

ay b

e di

sclo

sed

to v

ictim

s,

such

as

reas

ons

for o

ffend

er tr

ansf

ers

and

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

offe

nder

’s p

artic

ipat

ion

in

corr

ectio

nal p

rogr

amm

ing.

Rec

omm

ende

d po

sitio

non

vic

tims’

righ

ts c

hang

es:

8.

TRA

NSF

ER O

F C

AN

AD

IAN

OFF

END

ERS

BA

CK

TO

CA

NA

DA

C-1

0 m

odifi

es th

e lis

t of f

acto

rs th

at th

e fe

dera

l Min

iste

r of P

ublic

Saf

ety

may

con

side

r in

deci

ding

whe

ther

to c

onse

nt to

the

trans

fer o

f a C

anad

ian

offe

nder

con

vict

ed a

broa

d ba

ck to

C

anad

a, to

ser

ve th

e se

nten

ce h

ere.

It am

ends

the

purp

ose

of th

e In

tern

atio

nal T

rans

fer o

f Offe

nder

s A

ct to

requ

ire c

onsi

dera

tion

of w

heth

er th

e tra

nsfe

r bac

k to

Can

ada

wou

ld, a

mon

g ot

her f

acto

rs, “

enha

nce

publ

ic s

afet

y”.

R

ecom

men

ded

posi

tion

on tr

ansf

er o

f offe

nder

s:

9.SU

PPO

RTI

NG

VIC

TIM

S O

F TE

RR

RO

ISM

This

par

t of C

-10,

whi

ch a

men

ds th

e Ju

stic

e fo

r Vic

tims

of T

erro

rism

Act

, is

inte

nded

to

impa

ir th

e fu

nctio

ning

of t

erro

rist g

roup

s an

d de

ter t

erro

rism

. �

It es

tabl

ishe

s a

caus

e of

act

ion

that

allo

ws

vict

ims

of te

rror

ism

to s

ue p

erpe

trato

rs o

f te

rror

ism

and

thei

r sup

porte

rs.

� It

rem

oves

imm

unity

for f

orei

gn s

tate

s in

Can

adia

n co

urts

in re

spec

t of s

uch

actio

ns.

R

ecom

men

ded

posi

tion

on te

rror

ism

cha

nges

:

Pag

e 26

P

SS

-201

1-02

058

s. 1

3s.

13

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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27

reda

cted

for t

he fo

llow

ing

reas

on:

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

S. 1

3; S

. 16

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SUM

MA

RY

OF

BIL

L C

-10

(FR

OM

TH

E B

ILL

ITSE

LF)

S

UM

MA

RY

Part

1 of

thi

s en

actm

ent

crea

tes,

in o

rder

to

dete

r te

rror

ism

, a

caus

e of

act

ion

that

allo

ws

vict

ims

of t

erro

rism

to

sue

perp

etra

tors

of

terro

rism

and

the

ir su

ppor

ters

. It

also

am

ends

th

e S

tate

Im

mun

ity A

ct to

pre

vent

a l

iste

d fo

reig

n st

ate

from

cla

imin

g im

mun

ity f

rom

the

ju

risdi

ctio

n of

Can

adia

n co

urts

in re

spec

t of a

ctio

ns th

at re

late

to it

s su

ppor

t of t

erro

rism

. Pa

rt 2

amen

ds th

e C

rimin

al C

ode

to:

(a

) in

crea

se o

r im

pose

man

dato

ry m

inim

um p

enal

ties,

and

inc

reas

e m

axim

um p

enal

ties,

for

ce

rtain

sex

ual o

ffenc

es w

ith re

spec

t to

child

ren;

(b

) cr

eate

offe

nces

of

mak

ing

sexu

ally

exp

licit

mat

eria

l ava

ilabl

e to

a c

hild

and

of

agre

eing

or

arra

ngin

g to

com

mit

a se

xual

offe

nce

agai

nst a

chi

ld;

(c)

expa

nd t

he li

st o

f sp

ecifi

ed c

ondi

tions

tha

t m

ay b

e ad

ded

to p

rohi

bitio

n an

d re

cogn

izan

ce

orde

rs to

incl

ude

proh

ibiti

ons

conc

erni

ng c

onta

ct w

ith a

per

son

unde

r th

e ag

e of

16

and

use

of

the

Inte

rnet

or a

ny o

ther

dig

ital n

etw

ork;

(d

) ex

pand

the

list o

f enu

mer

ated

offe

nces

that

may

giv

e ris

e to

suc

h or

ders

and

pro

hibi

tions

; an

d (e

) el

imin

ate

the

refe

renc

e, in

sec

tion

742.

1, to

ser

ious

per

sona

l inj

ury

offe

nces

and

to r

estri

ct

the

avai

labi

lity

of c

ondi

tiona

l se

nten

ces

for

all

offe

nces

for

whi

ch t

he m

axim

um t

erm

of

impr

ison

men

t is

14 y

ears

or l

ife a

nd fo

r spe

cifie

d of

fenc

es, p

rose

cute

d by

way

of i

ndic

tmen

t, fo

r w

hich

the

max

imum

term

of i

mpr

ison

men

t is

10 y

ears

. It

also

am

ends

the

Con

trolle

d D

rugs

and

Sub

stan

ces

Act t

o pr

ovid

e fo

r min

imum

pen

altie

s fo

r se

rious

dru

g of

fenc

es,

to in

crea

se t

he m

axim

um p

enal

ty f

or c

anna

bis

(mar

ijuan

a) p

rodu

ctio

n an

d to

resc

hedu

le c

erta

in s

ubst

ance

s fro

m S

ched

ule

III to

that

Act

to S

ched

ule

I. Pa

rt 3

amen

ds th

e C

orre

ctio

ns a

nd C

ondi

tiona

lRel

ease

Act

to:

(a

) cl

arify

tha

t th

e pr

otec

tion

of s

ocie

ty i

s th

e pa

ram

ount

con

side

ratio

n fo

r th

e C

orre

ctio

nal

Serv

ice

of C

anad

a in

the

cor

rect

ions

pro

cess

and

for

the

Nat

iona

l Pa

role

Boa

rd a

nd t

he

prov

inci

al p

arol

e bo

ards

in th

e de

term

inat

ion

of a

ll ca

ses;

(b

) es

tabl

ish

the

right

of

a vi

ctim

to

mak

e a

stat

emen

t at

par

ole

hear

ings

and

per

mit

the

disc

losu

re to

a v

ictim

of c

erta

in in

form

atio

n ab

out t

he o

ffend

er;

(c)

prov

ide

for

the

auto

mat

ic s

uspe

nsio

n of

the

par

ole

or s

tatu

tory

rel

ease

of

offe

nder

s w

ho

rece

ive

a ne

w c

usto

dial

sen

tenc

e an

d re

quire

the

Nat

iona

l Par

ole

Boa

rd t

o re

view

the

ir ca

se

with

in a

pre

scrib

ed p

erio

d; a

nd

(d) r

enam

e th

e N

atio

nal P

arol

e Bo

ard

as th

e Pa

role

Boa

rd o

f Can

ada.

It

also

am

ends

the

Crim

inal

Rec

ords

Act

to s

ubst

itute

the

ter

m “

reco

rd s

uspe

nsio

n” f

or t

he

term

“pa

rdon

”. It

exte

nds

the

inel

igib

ility

per

iods

for

app

licat

ions

for

a r

ecor

d su

spen

sion

and

m

akes

cer

tain

offe

nces

inel

igib

le f

or a

rec

ord

susp

ensi

on.

It al

so r

equi

res

the

Nat

iona

l Par

ole

Boar

d to

su

bmit

an

annu

al

repo

rt th

at

incl

udes

th

e nu

mbe

r of

ap

plic

atio

ns

for

reco

rd

susp

ensi

ons

and

the

num

ber o

f rec

ord

susp

ensi

ons

orde

red.

La

stly

, it

amen

ds t

he In

tern

atio

nal

Tran

sfer

of

Offe

nder

s A

ct to

pro

vide

tha

t on

e of

the

pu

rpos

es o

f tha

t Act

is to

enh

ance

pub

lic s

afet

y an

d to

mod

ify th

e lis

t of f

acto

rs th

at th

e M

inis

ter

of P

ublic

Saf

ety

and

Emer

genc

y Pr

epar

edne

ss m

ay c

onsi

der

in d

ecid

ing

whe

ther

to c

onse

nt to

th

e tra

nsfe

r of a

Can

adia

n of

fend

er.

Part

4 am

ends

the

sen

tenc

ing

and

gene

ral p

rinci

ples

of

the

Yout

h C

rimin

al J

ustic

e A

ct,

as

wel

l as

its p

rovi

sion

s re

latin

g to

judi

cial

inte

rim r

elea

se, a

dult

and

yout

h se

nten

ces,

pub

licat

ion

Pag

e 28

P

SS

-201

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bans

, an

d pl

acem

ent

in y

outh

cus

tody

fac

ilitie

s. I

t de

fines

the

ter

ms

“vio

lent

offe

nce”

and

“s

erio

us o

ffenc

e”,

amen

ds t

he d

efin

ition

“se

rious

vio

lent

offe

nce”

and

rep

eals

the

def

initi

on

“pre

sum

ptiv

e of

fenc

e”.

It al

so r

equi

res

polic

e fo

rces

to

keep

rec

ords

of

extra

judi

cial

mea

sure

s us

ed to

dea

l with

you

ng p

erso

ns.

Part

5 am

ends

the

Imm

igra

tion

and

Ref

ugee

Pro

tect

ion

Act

to a

llow

offi

cers

to

refu

se t

o au

thor

ize

fore

ign

natio

nals

to

wor

k in

Can

ada

in c

ases

whe

re t

o gi

ve a

utho

rizat

ion

wou

ld b

e co

ntra

ry to

pub

lic p

olic

y co

nsid

erat

ions

that

are

spe

cifie

d in

inst

ruct

ions

giv

en b

y th

e M

inis

ter o

f C

itize

nshi

p an

d Im

mig

ratio

n.

The

enac

tmen

t als

o m

akes

rela

ted

and

cons

eque

ntia

l am

endm

ents

to o

ther

Act

s.

Pag

e 29

P

SS

-201

1-02

058

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s 30

thro

ugh

35 re

dact

ed fo

r the

follo

win

g re

ason

s:- -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

- -

s. 12

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Prov

ince

of B

riti

sh C

olum

bia

BRIE

FIN

G N

OTE

(For

Info

rmat

ion

Onl

y)

Fede

ral G

over

nmen

t Cr

ime

Legi

slat

ion,

Bill

C-1

0

This

pap

er o

utlin

es th

e cu

rren

t fed

eral

just

ice

legi

slat

ive

initi

ativ

es, t

he a

ssoc

iate

d ch

alle

nges

to

the

Prov

ince

, and

the

estim

ated

cos

ts.

The

fede

ral o

mni

bus

Bill

C-10

was

tabl

ed in

Par

liam

ent

Sept

embe

r 20

, 201

1.

The

cost

impa

ct o

f Bill

C-1

0 co

uld

have

bee

n le

ssen

ed if

the

fede

ral

gove

rnm

ent h

ad c

onsu

lted

BC a

nd o

ther

pro

vinc

es in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

bill

. It

is c

ruci

al

that

BC

cont

inue

to a

dvoc

ate

for

a co

llabo

rativ

e ap

proa

ch to

cri

min

al la

w d

evel

opm

ent i

n or

der

to r

educ

e av

oida

ble

cost

impa

cts

in th

e fu

ture

.

COM

PON

ENTS

OF

BILL

C-1

0

Part

1 –

Just

ice

for

Vic

tim

s of

Ter

rori

sm

Terr

oris

m a

nd S

tate

Imm

unit

y A

ct

� Su

ppor

ting

Vic

tim

s of

Ter

rori

sm in

Can

ada

o Th

e ne

w le

gisl

atio

n al

low

s fo

r ci

vil a

ctio

n by

vic

tims

of te

rror

ism

aga

inst

pe

rpet

rato

rs a

nd th

eir

supp

orte

rs.

n.

Part

2 -

Sent

enci

ng

Crim

inal

Cod

e of

Can

ada

� Se

x O

ffen

ses

Aga

inst

Chi

ldre

n –

man

dato

ry m

inim

um p

enal

ties

o

BC s

uppo

rts

the

new

fede

ral p

rovi

sion

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Part

3 –

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t Sen

tenc

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ecti

ons

and

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itio

nal R

elea

se A

ct

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icti

ms’

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n ex

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e ri

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tims

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arol

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arin

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inal

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ords

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ord

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ensi

ons

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iona

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rs A

ct

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rt 4

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ugee

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tect

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1 o

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ince

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estim

ated

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ts.

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fede

ral o

mni

bus

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ed in

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liam

ent

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ENTS

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tim

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rori

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oris

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tate

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unit

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n al

low

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n by

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tims

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rror

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pe

rpet

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rs a

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orte

rs.

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enci

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e of

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ada

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inst

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ldre

n –

man

dato

ry m

inim

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enal

ties

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BC s

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rts

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new

fede

ral p

rovi

sion

s.

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ndit

iona

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tenc

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riou

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ffen

ces

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2 o

f 5

Part

3 –

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t Sen

tenc

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ecti

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itio

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ct

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ms’

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lvem

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tims

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on o

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ensi

ons

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mor

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stri

ctiv

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rnat

iona

l Tra

nsfe

r of

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ende

rs A

ct

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ansf

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anad

ian

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ende

r fr

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rt 4

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uth

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ice

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h Cr

imin

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stic

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ct

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n un

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igra

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ugee

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tect

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otec

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rabl

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reig

n N

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nals

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slat

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igra

tion

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ers

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eny

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k pe

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ns

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s 44

thro

ugh

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r the

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New

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s 48

thro

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follo

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ason

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fede

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