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House Hansard - 16

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 13, 2021 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 16 - Dec/13/21
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Dec/13/21 12:59:15 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his years of advocacy around decriminalizing illicit drugs and for the decision to include a mention of call to action 32 from the TRC in his speech this morning. I wonder if the hon. member is willing to comment further on to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. To cite the report at page 644, “Mandatory minimum sentences are especially harsh for Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people.... This leads to higher incarceration rates.” Would the hon. member be open to sharing his views on this?
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Context: House Hansard - 16 - Dec/13/21
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Dec/13/21 4:28:25 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, congratulations to the member for Portage—Lisgar for her re-election. I wanted to note that in Bill C-5, of the 73 mandatory minimum penalties, only 13 are repealed in full, 20 in full or in part and only 10 of the 28 that have been ruled unconstitutional are part of the bill. At a time when we know that sentencing judges would still be required to impose a sentence that is proportional to the degree of responsibility and seriousness of the offence and at a time when we know that the TRC call to action 32 has called for departing from mandatory minimums and that mandatory minimums contribute to systemic racism, could the member comment on her opposition to this particular bill?
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