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House Hansard - 85

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 9, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Jun/9/22 9:27:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, we hear a lot from the government about its input measures. The Liberals spend more than anybody else. That is their common response. Since the bill has been introduced and since the Prime Minister contradicted the earlier quotes he himself made in 2012, which the member mentioned, I am curious about something. We have heard claims that Bill C-21 will reduce gun crime in our cities, but we have been unable to nail the government down on the actual targets that this measure will hit in terms of crime reduction in the cities. There is not much use in introducing this kind of legislation unless there are actually specific targets that we think it will hit. Could the member comment on whether, either in committee or in the discussions she had with the department and other officials, the government has set any actual goals for what this will do in having a positive effect in reducing gun crime?
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore—St. Margarets, CPC)
  • Jun/9/22 10:53:50 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I appreciate the speech by the member for Davenport, and I have some sympathy for the challenges people in large cities like Toronto and in your riding face, as I lived for about 10 years in Leaside, not far from your riding, even though I am on the south shore. In your speech, I think there were a couple of things that perhaps—
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Jun/9/22 10:54:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, the member mentioned a number of tragic incidents throughout Canada, the most recent of which was in Nova Scotia in Portapique. Those crimes were committed with illegal firearms smuggled across the U.S. border, not with legal handguns. I am wondering, given this initiative, what percentage of crime in large cities with handguns will be reduced by this bill.
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Jun/9/22 11:08:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, on a point of order, I do not believe there is a quorum in the House.
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