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House Hansard - 198

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Mr. Francesco Sorbara
  • May/16/23 11:35:05 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, it is very important that we invest $250 million in the building safer communities fund. In terms of the question on the red flags law, we know gender-based violence exists and we know gender-based violence is a problem. We need to ensure that, when individuals are reporting it to police, proper preventative measures are taken by police officers across this country. We in no way want to put anyone in harm's way after any reports are made, so it is very important that we protect particularly the women across this country from gender-based violence, from any subsequent acts that may occur from the initial one.
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Mr. Doug Shipley
  • May/16/23 11:48:12 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, there are so many questions there that I am not sure which ones I will answer in the short five minutes I have. First of all, I have never done any fundraising on this issue. I have been on the public safety committee now for a year and a half and have sat through hours and hours of discussion on this topic. Do I think this is going to make our communities any safer? No, not whatsoever. This is going to affect law-abiding firearms owners, not the illegal criminals who are bringing handguns across the border. That is really where the issue is, and this will not affect that whatsoever.
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Ms. Monique Pauzé (Repentigny, BQ)
  • May/16/23 12:03:10 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, my colleague said that he wanted communities to be safer. In Bill C-21, the government is increasing the maximum sentences for firearms trafficking. However, it is very rare for an individual to get the maximum penalty for such an offence because criminal networks use people with no criminal records who are then given shorter sentences. My colleague says he wants to live in a safer community. Does he believe that increasing maximum sentences that are never actually imposed will be enough to accomplish that?
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Hon. Carolyn Bennett (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • May/16/23 3:08:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we cannot allow the Conservatives to take us back to the failed ideology of the past. Our government will use every tool at our disposal to end this national public health crisis. Supporting a safer supply is just one of the evidence-based, comprehensive public health responses to the toxic drug and overdose crisis. They do include prevention, treatment and enforcement. Our government is working with stakeholders that help support a safer supply and build that evidence, like the recent CMHA study around this promising, life-saving practice.
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Hon. Carolyn Bennett (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • May/16/23 3:11:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, once again I will quote from Ben Perrin, the public safety and justice adviser to former prime minister Stephen Harper: There is no indication that prescribed safe supply is contributing to illicit drug deaths. Safer supply has been tested and found to be beneficial for people who have been unable to have treatment for whatever reason, and are long-term substance-abuse users. We’re talking about essentially substituting a contaminated street drug with a drug that has known contents and potency to help people stay alive, first of all, and also to be able to stabilize.
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