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House Hansard - 134

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 24, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Nov/24/22 2:47:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, nothing could be further from the truth. What our party is doing in a variety of its policies is focusing our judicial and police resources on serious crime, with anti-gang measures, with tougher laws on guns, by eliminating certain minimum mandatory penalties and by allowing for conditional sentence orders in cases where there is no threat to public security so we can use resources on serious crime. Serious crime will always carry with it serious consequences. That is a more just and equitable solution.
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Context: House Hansard - 134 - Nov/24/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Nov/24/22 3:07:28 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, my neighbour, for her important question and the work she does for our community. With Bill C-5, for the first time in the history of Canada, we have done away with some mandatory minimum sentences, giving judges the flexibility to impose sentences that fit the crime. That means that prosecutors and police officers can spend more time and resources fighting serious crime. We did away with the mandatory minimums that contribute the most to the over-incarceration of indigenous, Black and racialized Canadians. We took action for a justice system—
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