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House Hansard - 81

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 3, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 81 - Jun/3/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Jun/3/22 11:19:10 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, I think many of my colleagues from the Liberal Party, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois are ignoring important facts about Bill C-5, the bill they are planning to support. Under this bill, 11 serious criminal offences involving firearms will no longer be subject to mandatory minimums. We are talking about robbery with a firearm, discharging a firearm with intent and using a firearm when committing crime. Why does the Prime Minister, with the support of the other opposition parties, think that it is more important to protect armed criminals than their victims?
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Context: House Hansard - 81 - Jun/3/22
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • Jun/3/22 11:20:23 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, that is the problem. In trying to do something good, three parties in the House are going to make a serious mistake by passing Bill C-5. Rather than sending a strong message to armed criminals, they are announcing that Canada will now be more tolerant toward criminals and will give them a second chance. Victims of gun violence, however, do not get a second chance. The reality is that wealthy criminal gangs will now be able to pay the best lawyers, and the worst criminals will get the lightest sentences. Why help criminals by abandoning victims?
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