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House Hansard - 212

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux
  • Jun/13/23 4:05:30 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have absolute confidence in the system we have here in Canada. That includes our national police service and the security agencies that we have. I believe it is up to those agencies and those law enforcement officers to do the work that is necessary; where they find violations, there would be charges, and offices would be shut down. I do not ever want to see Canada take a position where, for example, a few members stand up and say, “Well, that is this. Now we want the police to go and shut it down.” We have to have confidence in our security agencies to ensure that our interests are best served.
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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Jun/13/23 4:06:33 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, one of the things I have been very concerned about is whether our sanction regime is actually being enforced. The easy part of sanctions is to put people on the list. The hard part is to actually enforce those sanctions and to make sure that they are transparent and enforced, as well as that we are following through with action. We know, because we heard testimony from the RCMP at the foreign affairs committee, that there are very few resources allocated to our sanction enforcement in this country. Would the member agree that if the government is just putting names on a list and does not actually enforce those sanctions, it is just committing political theatre?
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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Mr. Kevin Lamoureux
  • Jun/13/23 4:08:57 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I believe, ultimately, that we do not want anyone who has been sanctioned coming to Canada. That is the primary purpose and the objective of this legislation, or at least one of them. To that end, I would expect that those who are responsible for the administration would understand what is being brought forward and passed by parliamentarians, which reflects the will of Canadians. Those responsible are our law enforcement agencies, our border control officers and our civil service, which is second to no other in the world.
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