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Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)

Jun/9/22 12:57:39 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-5

Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's background and the points he is making in his speech, but I have a couple of quick points. First, currently the minimum mandatory sentence for the repeated smuggling of tobacco is four years, yet for most of the firearms offences is one year, so there is an imbalance there in the system. Second, we have seen many times in British Columbia Crown counsel refusing to approve charges simply because the courts are too full and people have walked. Third, if I were the Minister of Justice, I would make dealing fentanyl the crime of attempted murder. That said, I would ask the hon. member whether or not he trusts the judgment of judges to hand down appropriate sentences in the serious situations he mentions.

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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22

Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)

Jun/9/22 1:30:35 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-5

Madam Speaker, the member gave a thoughtful speech, as thoughtful as his colleague from Courtenay—Alberni and the bill that he had to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs. The first reaction to the bill that the House did pass was from Alberta, saying that what was happening in B.C., which was an agreement with B.C., is not good and it will not happen in Alberta. I would ask the member to reflect on that and Bill C-5, which again attempts to allow local jurisdictions to consider local circumstances and have judges make the appropriate judgment on what kinds of penalties should apply.

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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22

Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)

Jun/9/22 2:07:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it would appear that this is not only Filipino Heritage Month, it is Filipino Heritage Day here in the House of Commons and I join my colleagues in celebrating a community that has happily woven its way very deeply into our multicultural fabric. Celebrate is the right term. This morning we enjoyed raising the flag of the Philippines on Parliament Hill and we enjoyed our very own, very talented Glisha from Surrey as she sang the national anthems. We have enjoyed mixing and mingling with diplomatic representatives and Filipino community leaders. In that regard, we on the west coast and in Surrey are particularly honoured to be the home of Narima Dela Cruz, president of the Filipino National Congress. From the first Filipino sailors who came to our west coast in the late 1800s and those who worked in our lumber mills and mines in the early 1900s, to the workers who settled on the Prairies and founded Winnipeg's strong and robust Filipino community, we know them as friendly, hard-working, forward-looking people who are a valued part of every neighbourhood they are to be found in. In other words, they are really good Canadians.

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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22

Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)

Jun/9/22 10:21:47 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-21

Madam Speaker, I would ask my hon. colleague whether this really simply comes down to a question of values. I have shot an AR-15. I have shot handguns at the range, but I do not need to have one at home. As a privilege in Canada, would he agree that, really, it is a privilege that should no longer exist, and that some firearms just simply do not belong in civilian hands?

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