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House Hansard - 149

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 30, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 2:43:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our government has always been very clear with respect to concerns about the pre-emptive use of the notwithstanding clause by the provinces, and we are considering all our options. We are strongly committed to defending the rights and freedoms protected by the charter, a charter that was created to protect minorities across Canada. We have been clear and we will continue to be clear in the future.
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 2:44:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Pierre Elliott Trudeau was right. It was intended to give the last word, but when it is used pre-emptively, it becomes the first word and it cuts off debate in legislatures like ours and in the courts. We have expressed our concerns and we will continue to do so.
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 3:03:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians deserve to be and feel safe, and we all have a role in protecting our communities. The laws on bail are clear: Detaining an accused person is justified if it is necessary to protect the safety of the public. As my colleague knows, provinces and territories, as well as police forces, are responsible the enforcement of bail conditions. We all have a role to play. We at the federal level are providing resources to support them. We will continue to do so in order to ensure that laws are applied appropriately. We remain open to good ideas and proposals from the opposition, and from provinces and territories, to reform our criminal justice system, including the bail system.
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 3:04:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in a number of important cases, the bail reform that we undertook in Bill C-75 made it harder to get bail. As I have said, we are open to any good proposal from the opposition, as well as from provinces and territories. At a conference of federal, provincial and territorial justice ministers in the fall, I committed to that long before this became a hot issue in the House of Commons. We are working with the provinces and territories to look at legitimate suggestions for bail reform.
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Hon. David Lametti (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Jan/30/23 3:06:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I just said, the laws on bail are clear. We all have a role to play. Provinces, territories and police forces must enforce federal laws. At a ministers' conference in November, my colleague, the Minister of Public Safety, and I committed to working with the provinces to look at suggestions for bail reform. We are doing the work. We are open to legitimate suggestions for bail reform.
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