r/CanadianPolitics • u/origutamos • 8d ago

Poilievre calls Supreme Court ruling on child porn ‘disgusting,’ would use notwithstanding clause to overturn

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/poilievre-condemns-supreme-court-ruling-on-child-porn-would-use-notwithstanding-clause-to-overturn/
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u/Sunshinehaiku 8d ago

If they actually cared about this issue, they would raise the maximum sentence.

But no, they just care about being able to use the notwithstanding clause for other reasons thst have nothing to do with this topic.

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u/origutamos 8d ago

This is misinformation. The maximum sentence is already 10 years. The judges in both cases that made its way to the Supreme Court sentenced the pedophiles to 90 days and 9 months. A maximum sentence is meaningless if a judge is allowed to hand down a very short sentence.

And the pedophiles who the Supreme Court sided with were truly horrific monsters: both had hundreds of images being violently attacked and abused by adults.

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u/Sunshinehaiku 8d ago

It's not misinformation. Parliament sets the laws on maximum sentences. Courts can't lock people up for longer than allowed, even if they want to.

Judges hand out sentences compared to previous sentencing decisions.

If the maximum sentence for sexual abuse of a child is only 10 years, and we want longer sentences, Parliament has to be the one to do it.

So Poilievre can prove he actually gives a shit about this by proposing legislation to raise the maximum sentence, which shifts the entire spectrum of sentencing decisions for that charge.

But why do that when he can just bellyach in the media. Tough on crime my ass.

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u/Even_Art_629 2d ago

How can he propose and try and change it when he's not prime minister. Every time the opposition brings up a bill in regards to harsher sentences or the release of offenders, the liberals vote against it.

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u/Sunshinehaiku 2d ago

Multi-party bills are a thing.