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House Hansard - 104

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 28, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 104 - Sep/28/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Sep/28/22 3:10:29 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, the security of Canadians is our absolute priority and serious crimes will always carry with them serious consequences. I reject the premise of the hon. member's question. What we are doing with Bill C-5 is putting an end to policies from the Harper government that have failed. They have failed to make Canadians safer and they have wasted valuable police and judicial resources on infractions that are better treated, not incarcerated. What we are doing with Bill C-5 is being able to put more resources into serious crime, as Justice Michael Moldaver has recently said we ought to be doing.
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Context: House Hansard - 104 - Sep/28/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Sep/28/22 3:11:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, the security of Canadians is our absolute priority. What we are doing with Bill C-5 is allowing for more resources to be spent on the very serious crimes that the hon. member is referring to. Those serious crimes will always carry with them serious consequences. However, all that the failed Conservative tough-on-crime policies left us with was not greater public security but increased overrepresentation of indigenous and Black people in our criminal justice system. We are reversing that by putting the resources on the serious crime, where they ought to be.
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Context: House Hansard - 104 - Sep/28/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Sep/28/22 3:13:09 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, public safety is our number one priority. With Bill C‑5, we are eliminating failed policies from the Harper era that have created a backlog in the justice system and have filled our prisons and justice system with people who committed minor offences. We must use these resources for serious offences and serious crimes. Those who commit serious crimes will always receive serious sentences.
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