44th Parl. 1st Sess.

September 20, 2022 10:00AM

Sep/20/22 2:30:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are glad that the House has resumed because it is absolutely vital that we talk about guns. That was the big news story this summer in Montreal. There was one shooting after another happening almost every day. Just last Tuesday, there were four shootings in a single evening. Here is what Mayor Plante had to say: “I have no control over the most important element, and that is the guns on our territory”. I want to ask the federal government the same question she did, word for word: “What is it doing to protect us and prevent these weapons from ending up in the hands of our young people?”

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Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)

Sep/20/22 2:31:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, based on what Mayor Plante has said, I am not so sure they have such a great working relationship. The minister is talking about legal guns, but we need to take action against illegal guns. What we are seeing in our streets are illegal guns, and the federal government is responsible for letting them in. It is all well and good to engage in prevention and mobilize the police, but we cannot perform miracles when guns are streaming across our borders. That is the government's responsibility. Guns are being fired right on Saint‑Denis Street. Guns are being fired in schoolyards. When is the government going to take responsibility?

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