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House Hansard - 80

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 2, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie (Calgary Midnapore, CPC)
  • Jun/2/22 2:32:56 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, Conservative MPs would welcome an honest discussion about how gun crime has gone up every year since the government was elected. The fact is that its legislation, Bill C-5, would eliminate mandatory jail time for violent gun crime and allow criminals to serve their sentences in the comfort of their own homes, something their victims can no longer do. Why is the government so committed to putting criminals ahead of victims?
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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Jun/2/22 2:33:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, nothing could be further from the truth. Let us have an honest discussion. Serious offences will always have serious consequences in our system. The kinds of penalties we would be attacking by eliminating certain mandatory minimum penalties and allowing conditional sentence orders are precisely the kinds of sentences where a person, the community and victims are not served and where the problem is something else, like a health problem or a problematic addiction, for example. We are moving ahead with these reforms to address the systemic overrepresentation of Black and indigenous people in the system to make the system more just.
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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, CPC)
  • Jun/2/22 2:35:17 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister likes to make fine speeches about the safety of Canadians, but he clearly has a rather lax attitude about it. For example, as a result of the changes he made to the parole board, a violent criminal was released, which led to the murder of Marylène Levesque. Federal inmates now have access to syringes, and drug trafficking in penitentiaries is on the rise. Bill C‑5 will allow dangerous criminals to to serve their sentence at home instead of in a penitentiary. The Prime Minister rolled out the red carpet to criminals. What has he done lately for victims?
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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Jun/2/22 2:35:53 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, our hearts go out to the victims, and we are working on improving the justice system to help victims and Canadian society. With Bill C-5, we are tackling the overrepresentation of indigenous peoples and Blacks in the system, in cases where it does not put public safety at risk. Conditional sentences and the elimination of certain minimum sentences will help us to attack the real problems by helping victims and society.
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Context: House Hansard - 80 - Jun/2/22
Mr. Joël Godin (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, CPC)
  • Jun/2/22 2:37:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals' soft stance on crime only helps criminals. They are too tolerant of law breakers. The poor victims in all of this are our children, who are not even protected. This government has no regard for law-abiding Canadians and their safety. A responsible government would make Canadians safer. Why does this government put criminals ahead of victims?
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