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House Hansard - 72

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • May/16/22 2:44:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me clarify again for my hon. colleague what the commissioner said. She said: ...what I can say is that the Emergencies Act did give us the tools that we needed...to get the job done quickly. She said: I can tell you from an RCMP perspective, for example, that we were in the midst of trying to enforce at Coutts and we could not enforce, because we couldn't access any tow trucks. Those are just two very clear statements from the RCMP commissioner who explained how the Emergencies Act helped to restore public safety.
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)
  • May/16/22 2:57:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the police ask for more resources to address gun violence, at the very least, they should be making use of the resources already available. Right now, RCMP officers are deployed at the border, but they are not there to fight gun trafficking or dismantle criminal networks. Believe it or not, they are there to welcome migrants at Roxham Road. Does the Minister of Public Safety think it might be about time we shut down Roxham Road by suspending the safe third country agreement between Canada and the United States and giving the RCMP more powers so they can finally focus on weapons?
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