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House Hansard - 94

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 22, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Jun/22/22 5:15:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, as we have said many times, there are a lot of good points in this bill. However, the weapons involved in all these incidents that keep happening in Montreal are weapons that have crossed the border illegally. It turns out that people are buying these weapons, and the people buying them are members of criminal groups. Police services need to have the tools to take action against these groups. That is why, for weeks, the Bloc Québécois has been asking the Minister of Public Safety to create a registry of criminal organizations, much like the one we have for terrorist organizations, so that we can target these people and take action against them. The Montreal police have confirmed that 95% of the handguns used recently in these incidents in Montreal were illegal. Can my colleague tell me why the minister has, so far, refused to establish such a registry?
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • Jun/22/22 6:59:44 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. The government says it wants to reduce gun violence by introducing Bill C‑21, but the Montreal police service tells us that 95% of handguns used in violent crimes come from the black market. I would like to know if my colleague thinks the government is doing enough to fight violence committed with illegal weapons. Is it doing enough at the borders, for example? Is Bill C‑21 sufficient?
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Mr. Chris Warkentin
  • Jun/22/22 7:00:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, that is the real tragedy, that the Liberals would use the tragedy of the murders of 22 Nova Scotians, innocent civilians in many cases, to advance this agenda. All of the guns that were included in that were illegal weapons— An hon. member: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Mr. Chris Warkentin
  • Jun/22/22 7:02:30 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, my colleague brings up a very important point. I think she misspoke when she suggested that the vast majority of domestic abuse involves firearms. I do not believe that statistic is correct. I do believe protocols exist for those people who have been flagged as risks, those who have demonstrated a compromised mental capacity and those who have demonstrated that they should not be in possession of a firearm. I believe in and support a flagging system that gets those firearms confiscated from people who have demonstrated that they should no longer have them. Obviously, we do need to get serious about domestic violence in this country. We do have to get serious about the importation of illegal weapons, and that is what we would like to do on this side of the House.
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