Traduction de «To refuse to give a penalty » (Anglais → Français) :

The only solution is to overcome our two main enemies: the resistance of numerous political leaders in the North, who refuse to tear down barriers to the free movement of goods and people, and the resistance of numerous political leaders in the South, who refuse to give their people basic political, economic and human rights, without which there can be no development.

– (DA) Mr President, what would happen if a small Danish limited company with 100 employees were to draw up annual accounts about which a chartered accountant made a declaration emphasising that most of the reservations were due to the fact that they recurred from year to year; and if it were confirmed that the weaknesses were to a large extent due to the failure of the company’s accounting system to provide adequate assurance that its balance sheet was complete and included all the elements of the company’s activities; and if, in addition, the declaration stated that there were problems with the monitoring and security systems, and that the data in the system were not complete; and it continued by saying that it was a matter of concern that the compan ...[+++]y did not give a high enough priority to remedying these defects, and that it had not given sufficient consideration to the area or allocated enough resources to finding a solution to the problems within a reasonable time frame? What would happen if it was ultimately concluded that no declaration could be made as to whether the construction work, purchases or services forming the basis of the payments to the local recipients, actually took place? If all this happened, the board of directors would, firstly, refuse to give discharge to the management.

Many senators have raised the spectre of a Canadian minister of justice being forced to let a known serial killer go free because the requesting state refuses to give assurances that the death penalty will not be carried out.

We must remember, honourable senators, that if the foreign state refuses to give assurances that the death penalty will not be sought, Canada would have no other choice but to release into our own communities that fugitive accused of the most serious of crimes.

We must also remember that if the foreign state refused to give assurances that the death penalty would not be sought, Canada would have no choice but to release that fugitive, accused of the most serious crimes, into our community.

During the discharge procedure for the 1996 financial year, the Committee on the Rules of Procedure, was able to clarify the situation. A decision is taken in plenary on the proposal submitted by the Committee on Budgetary Control to give or refuse to give discharge solely by means of a vote. Amendments to the proposal are not admissible.