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House Hansard - 93

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Jun/21/22 12:26:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague from Shefford for her fantastic speech, as well as for her passion, especially on this issue that affects her profoundly and personally. Bravo. Our constituents ask us about this issue. It comes up all the time in my riding, Drummond, because there are many airsoft fans there. They are concerned. They do not understand why these toy guns were not immediately excluded from the bill, since they only look like weapons and are essentially harmless. The fact that we are unable to debate this bill for any length of time means that details like that may be ignored and overlooked. That troubles me. I would like to know what my colleague thinks.
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Martin Champoux
  • Jun/21/22 12:28:43 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, since we are on the topic, I will follow up to the question. I am glad we discussed airsoft guns, even if the discussion was far too brief. Airsoft fans themselves have proposed some solutions for clearly identifying the guns so they could not be used to commit crimes. There were proposals on the table long before Bill C-21 was introduced. That is what my colleague wishes we could have discussed. I simply wanted to add my two cents.
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Martin Champoux
  • Jun/21/22 12:39:23 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, out of curiosity, I just want to make sure that we have quorum for today's debate.
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Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Jun/21/22 1:43:37 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from Brandon—Souris on his speech, and I have a message for him from the member for Jonquière, who wants to congratulate him on his hard work. In Bill C‑21, the government opted to include a list of prohibited assault weapons, specifying models. Our colleague from Rivière-du-Nord suggested a completely different approach, which is to precisely define what constitutes an assault weapon so that weapons can be prohibited if they meet the criteria in the definition, not just if they are a certain model. What does my colleague from Brandon—Souris think of that?
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