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House Hansard - 137

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 29, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Mr. Glen Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, CPC)
  • Nov/29/22 2:54:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government's misguided approach continues with Bill C-5. Bill C-5 reduces the mandatory minimum sentences for numerous violent crimes, including crimes with firearms. Bill C-75 made it easier for criminals to get out on bail. Now, rather than going after the illegal guns used by criminals and street gangs, the Liberals are targeting law-abiding hunters, farmers and sport shooters with Bill C-21. When will the government stop its soft-on-crime approach and get serious about public safety?
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Mr. Gary Anandasangaree (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Nov/29/22 2:56:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, serious crimes will always have serious consequences. Bill C-5 is about moving past the failed policies of the Conservatives that clogged our system and filled our prisons with low-risk first-time offenders, time and resources that should have been devoted to fighting serious crimes. In fact, former Supreme Court Justice Moldaver, whom no one could accuse of being soft on crime, recently stressed the need for a different approach to less serious offences. In the past decade we saw the impact of harsh, ineffective policies on indigenous and racialized people, and on those who suffer from addiction. These are smart criminal justice policies.
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