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House Hansard - 144

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 8, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Hon. Mark Holland (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Dec/8/22 2:52:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, the important role that committees have is exactly what they are doing right now. We have been very clear from the beginning that the bill's intention is to remove assault-style weapons from our streets and handguns that are involved in terrible tragedies. There is the opportunity— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 144 - Dec/8/22
Hon. Mark Holland
  • Dec/8/22 2:52:44 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, in many different moments in time, when we are dealing with contentious legislation, we have an opportunity to work on our differences and find solutions. I would suggest in this instance, when we are talking about the type of weapons that are involved in terrible tragedies, tragedies like the one unfortunately we commemorated and memorialized just a couple of days ago with Polytechnique, our square focus must be on keeping our streets safe and being able to look into the eyes of victims, and making sure we are removing those guns that are offending. What we have said, in no uncertain terms, is that those guns used for hunting are ones we want to make sure are not included.
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