SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 14

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 9, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 14 - Dec/9/21
Mr. Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)
  • Dec/9/21 2:36:23 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives seem more concerned about the fact that street gangs used CERB to purchase illegal weapons than the fact that these illegal weapons are now freely circulating in the Montreal area. We agree that CERB should not have been used for such things, but it would be just as bad if the weapons had been purchased with money obtained through fraud, pimping or extortion. The real problem here is that it is too easy to find handguns in the Montreal area. How does the minister plan to stop gangs from accessing handguns?
95 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 14 - Dec/9/21
Mr. Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)
  • Dec/9/21 2:38:39 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, what we have to do is send a strong signal that the government intends to act now, not two months from now, and that the RCMP, border services and available resources will be deployed now. We want concrete action commensurate with the urgency of the situation. We do not want a list of things that were done in the past. We do not want election promises. We do not want to hear what the government might do later if everything is fine and it feels like it. What will it do now, today, to prevent access to illegal guns and end gun violence on the streets of Montreal?
110 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 14 - Dec/9/21
Mr. Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)
  • Dec/9/21 4:37:22 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague's speech sounded a lot like the other speeches I have heard from the other side of the House. I have been here for six years, the Liberals have been in power for six years, and things have not been going well for six years. The Liberals blame this on the Conservatives, and the Conservatives obviously throw the blame back on the Liberals. I do not care about any of that. All I want to know is why can we not just agree on something? The Conservatives introduced a motion on a major problem. I am not a Conservative, but the Bloc Québécois will support their motion because we think it is a good idea and could help us out of this mess we are in. Would my Liberal colleague agree that his party should take a step in the right direction, show some good faith and say that it will support the Conservatives on this? We could finally, for the first time in six years, say we did something reasonable.
180 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border