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House Hansard - 339

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Mr. Don Stewart (Toronto—St. Paul's, CPC)
  • Sep/19/24 1:42:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, the Liberal soft-on-crime bill, Bill C-5, would allow criminals convicted of sexual assault to serve their sentence at home in front of a television. Does the member believe survivors of military sexual trauma should have to endure their attacker serving out their sentence in the comfort of their house right down the street?
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Hon. Karina Gould (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)
  • Sep/19/24 2:30:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from the Bloc Québécois for asking a real question here in the House. It is important to make sure that questions refer to the work of government. The government is here to work for Canadians and to demonstrate what we do every day to serve Canadians. It would be nice if all members of the House could keep that in mind.
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Ms. Lori Idlout (Nunavut, NDP)
  • Sep/19/24 5:14:48 p.m.
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Uqaqtittiji, the more I learn about this bill, the more I see how important survivors of violence in the military are. I am sure that it is already very traumatizing to have to serve in the military, especially in today's society, globally, with all the violence that we are seeing. In particular, with survivors of abuse within the system itself, it makes me quite concerned that there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered. For example, we have been told that law enforcement in different provinces might not be equipped to deal with investigations or those kinds of things. I wonder if the member agrees that once this gets to committee, expanding the committee to study this bill specifically with a focus on survivors will be so important that that extension is going to be necessary.
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