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House Hansard - 17

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 14, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 17 - Dec/14/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Dec/14/21 10:56:03 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, doing away with mandatory minimum penalties is a good first step, particularly when it comes to the possession of drugs. As to firearms, we still need to discuss what should be done. It is a good first step, but it is not enough, because it will not fully put an end to the overrepresentation of first nations and Black people in prisons. Once again, we need to be proactive. Providing judges and police officers with training to prevent racial prejudice is important. We also need to invest in social and support structures for these people. What does my colleague think about that?
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Context: House Hansard - 17 - Dec/14/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Dec/14/21 11:38:29 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, actual research has shown that mandatory minimum penalties are not always useful. We all agree on that. We will talk about firearms later. That being said, I want to return to the matter of prevention. There are reasons why young people turn to crime. We need to be able to respond to these young people and their families from an early age, namely by investing in health and social services and social housing structures. I am not talking about affordable housing; there is a world of difference between the two. When will the government do something about prevention?
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Context: House Hansard - 17 - Dec/14/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Dec/14/21 11:53:08 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, allowing judges and police officers to make decisions is important, because they are the ones who are very familiar with the subjects and the people. Earlier I heard a colleague say that they were going to abolish all sentences. That is not at all true. As I understand it, sentences could be two years, as is currently the case, but they could also be five years, or six months with rehabilitation. Can my colleague tell us again about the importance of clarifying Bill C-5 with respect to prevention and rehabilitation measures for minor crimes?
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Context: House Hansard - 17 - Dec/14/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Dec/14/21 1:07:38 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, a very long time ago, a man named Thomas More wrote a book called Utopia. In the book, he basically says that a society's customs and habits can end up supporting crime. Here is my question today. In some cases, is our society not supporting crime by failing to invest in social systems, by failing to provide support and supervision for young criminals, who could turn away from crime if they received the necessary support instead of being locked up for long periods of time with far more hardened criminals?
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Context: House Hansard - 17 - Dec/14/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Dec/14/21 1:45:53 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, I agree with my colleague's comments about providing funding for support and rehabilitation. This could be accomplished in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada through a health transfer for support and social programs. The government could do both. It could eliminate mandatory minimum penalties, which do nothing to reduce crime, and let judges decide, while also transferring 35% of total health care costs to Quebec and the Canadian provinces, as they are calling for. Why will the government not do that?
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