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House Hansard - 66

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 6, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • May/6/22 11:12:44 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, every day, four Canadians are killed at the hands of an impaired driver, yet the Liberal government wants to go soft on impaired drivers with its soft-on-crime Bill C-5. The bill would allow criminals convicted of impaired driving causing death to serve their sentence from home. At the justice committee, the director of victim services of MADD Canada characterized Bill C-5 as hurtful and harmful to victims of impaired driving. The same is true for victims of sexual assault, kidnapping and human trafficking, given Bill C-5's reckless expansion of house arrest for these and other serious offences. While the Liberals stand up for criminals, Conservatives will continue to stand up for victims by fighting Bill C-5.
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • May/6/22 11:56:32 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, several horrific cases have recently been reported of vulnerable Canadians who have ended their lives by medical assistance in dying for reasons such as inadequate housing and lack of access to care. That is precisely what the Liberals claimed would never happen. When will the Liberals acknowledge that so-called MAID safeguards are not being enforced, putting the lives of vulnerable Canadians at risk?
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • May/6/22 11:57:31 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, one such case involved an Ontario woman who ended her life by MAID after she could not find adequate housing. Her condition was not irremediable, as required by law. Rather, she was vulnerable and desperate and had lost all hope. Do the Liberals believe that inadequate housing is an acceptable criterion for MAID?
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • May/6/22 12:11:56 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
moved: That it be an instruction to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights that, during its consideration of Bill C-5, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the committee be granted the power to divide the bill into two pieces of legislation: (i) Bill C-5A, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, containing clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, (ii) Bill C-5B, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, containing the remaining clauses of the bill.
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mr. Michael Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton, CPC)
  • May/6/22 12:47:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, I was a little surprised to hear the member for New Westminster—Burnaby talk about petitions. The reason petitions have not been presented is because, every day, the Liberals have moved a motion to move to orders of the day, backed up by the NDP. With regard to the parliamentary secretary, it is quite ironic that he is the one who is holding up debate on the budget. He is the one who is debating the motion; no other hon. member. This was a very straightforward motion to allow the justice committee to do its work, having regard for the fact that the bill contains two substantive components: one with respect to the Criminal Code and the other with respect to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. It could have been moved forward with a vote on Monday. That hon. member is holding up debate on the budget, so I ask him this, very respectfully: Why is he wasting the House's time?
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