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House Hansard - 141

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 5, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 141 - Dec/5/22
Ms. Rachel Bendayan (Outremont, Lib.)
  • Dec/5/22 2:18:56 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, on December 6, we will once again commemorate the Polytechnique massacre in Outremont. As I do every year, I will be on Mount Royal with the Prime Minister to pay tribute to the 14 women who were murdered in cold blood simply because they were women. However, it will be in an entirely different context this year, as our government has proposed a ban on assault weapons like the one used at Polytechnique. A man walked into our local university 33 years ago and gunned down 14 women using an assault-style automatic weapon, a weapon designed to kill as many people as possible in the shortest amount of time possible. Our government has proposed to take the next step in banning these weapons, but we are now in the midst of a disinformation campaign led by the gun lobby. We all agree that hunting is a long-standing tradition in our country, and we all want to protect that tradition, but we do not need an—
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Context: House Hansard - 141 - Dec/5/22
Ms. Raquel Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul, CPC)
  • Dec/5/22 2:51:28 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals continue to deny they are going after Canadian hunters with their latest gun ban, but the ban list is out and hunters across the country have seen many of their commonly used firearms on that list. Hunters from Quebec, Ontario, the Prairies, the north and our indigenous hunters are all speaking out. Even legendary Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price is speaking out. The CBC, in fact, just today, said the list includes a number of long guns in wide use by Canadian farmers. Why will the Liberals not just admit this was never about public safety and that it was their target all along to go after law-abiding hunters, sport shooters and farmers? This was their plan all along.
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Context: House Hansard - 141 - Dec/5/22
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Dec/5/22 2:52:07 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, with great respect for my colleague, the intent of the government has always been clear. We are not targeting law-abiding gun owners or hunters. We are targeting the AR-15 style guns used in some of the worst shooting tragedies in this country's history, including Polytechnique. Recently the Conservatives' friends at the Coalition for Firearms Rights exploited the worst femicide in Canadian history for profit. This was a slap in the face to all the families the victims and survivors of Polytechnique. Will the Conservatives stand up now, condemn the CCFR and ask it to apologize?
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