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House Hansard - 219

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 18, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mr. Randall Garrison
  • Sep/18/23 1:43:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-48 
Mr. Speaker, I want to address something that the member said, which is that Bill C-48 would result in more people being in pretrial detention. Precisely because it allows the option of community-based bail supervision, the opposite would be the case. This bill would actually result in fewer people being detained before their trials. That is the important aspect that New Democrats argued for and convinced the government to include in this bill. If we are interested in public safety, as I said, yes, we need to deal with repeat violent offenders. We also need to deal with recidivism. The way one deals with recidivism is to keep people out of jail, keep them in their employment, keep them with their families and provide them the supports they need to be productive citizens in this country.
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mr. Randall Garrison
  • Sep/18/23 1:49:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-48 
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her concern about the lack of services in pretrial detention because it is a very important part of public safety. I am no expert on the internal workings of the Conservative Party, but it does seem peculiar when its leader, who has said that he was prepared to get this done in a day, no longer seems prepared to do that.
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mr. Randall Garrison
  • Sep/18/23 5:24:09 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-48 
Madam Speaker, my question to the hon. member is about how we deal with repeat offenders. One of the proposals in the bill is to make the option of community-based bail supervision available in all cases for the judge to select. That means that people could get bail who would otherwise end up in detention before trial. What we really need is the commitment of resources from the federal government to get that program under way, because it is far cheaper than detaining people and has much better outcomes, in terms of public safety. Is the member prepared to commit the government to support community-based bail supervision?
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