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House Hansard - 147

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 13, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Dec/13/22 2:54:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, our community's safety is obviously a priority. We have always said that serious crimes will have serious consequences, but we can also recognize that our justice system required reform. With Bill C‑5, we abandoned policies that were unnecessarily harsh, especially towards indigenous people and Black or marginalized people. These policies clearly were not working. We are proud that Bill C‑5 passed and that it will have a positive impact on Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Dec/13/22 2:56:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we all want a safer society where serious crimes should be met with serious consequences. However, we also have a duty to follow the evidence and set aside failed policies that did not work. That is exactly what we did with Bill C‑5. We are putting resources where they are needed to ensure that our society is safer.
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Dec/13/22 2:57:17 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, I would remind the hon. member, hon. members and Canadians across Canada that conditional sentence orders are only available where there is no threat to public security. The person who is best placed to make that determination, according to the evidence, is the sentencing judge, who has all of the information in front of the bench and makes that determination. We are proud to follow policies that work and abandon policies that do not.
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Context: House Hansard - 147 - Dec/13/22
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Dec/13/22 3:05:33 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-9 
Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle. I am very proud that Bill C‑9 received the unanimous approval of the House. That sends a very clear signal. We take our responsibility toward our justice system very seriously. The changes our government proposed to the Judges Act will strengthen the process for handling complaints against federally appointed judges. The changes will ensure that the judicial misconduct complaints process will reach final decisions in a fair and timely way and at a reasonable cost to the public purse. We will work with the other place to get this bill passed—
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