44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 30, 2022 02:00PM
- Nov/30/22 2:38:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, speaking of difficult times, the Prime Minister's policies have given us a 32% increase in violent crime and a 90% increase in gang crime. Murder rates are now rising again this year, year after year.
What is his solution? It is to ban Grandpa Joe's hunting rifle. In fact, he wants to ban hundreds of thousands of hunting rifles and spend hundreds of millions of dollars doing it. Why will the Prime Minister not leave hunters alone and go after the real criminals?
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- Nov/30/22 2:39:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have been very clear that we are not targeting law-abiding hunters and fishers. We are not going after shotguns or rifles. We have banned military-style assault weapons. Unfortunately, Conservative politicians continue to mislead Canadians, to base things on fear and to be focused on making assault weapons legal again in this country.
We will continue to take the necessary measures to keep Canadians safe while respecting the rights of law-abiding Canadians. That is what Canadians expect, and that is what we have been doing.
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- Nov/30/22 2:40:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we see once again that the Conservative Party is deep in the pockets of the American gun lobby. The reality is Canadians know that we can and will continue to respect law-abiding hunters—
Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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- Nov/30/22 2:43:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister and his policies have caused a 32% increase in violent crime. Crime related to street gangs has increased by 90%.
His solution is to ban the hunting rifles used by farmers, indigenous peoples and people living in rural communities.
When will he finally target the real violent and repeat criminals instead of our hunters and farmers?
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Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear. We are not targeting owners of hunting guns and rifles. We know that military style assault weapons have no place in our communities. That is why we have moved forward with an assault weapons ban in this country. It is a ban that the Conservative Party wants to overturn, but we will stand firm.
While respecting hunters and farmers, we will ensure that our communities are safer and that these assault weapons are banned.
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- Nov/30/22 2:51:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister continues to deny he is going after hunting rifles, but I am looking at the list right now, and it has hundreds and hundreds of perfectly common, reasonable and legitimate hunting rifles on it. Members do not have to take my word for it. They can take the word of the tens of thousands of hunters who have already reached out to MPs in every party across this chamber, including Liberal members with rural Canadian seats. I know they have received these emails as well.
No one believes that going after hunters and farmers is going to solve the crime issue under the Prime Minister's watch, or perhaps the Prime Minister believes it. Perhaps he is just trying to change the channel from his failed record on public safety. When will he stop this unfair—
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