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House Hansard - 149

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
January 30, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Ms. Raquel Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul, CPC)
  • Jan/30/23 3:02:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last month, the OPP's Constable Greg Pierzchala was murdered by a violent criminal out on bail. Chief Myron Demkiw of the Toronto police said that this murder was senseless and preventable and that Canada needs bail reform. Unfortunately, access to bail for violent criminals was made easier by the Liberal government's Bill C-75. Countless Canadians have been harmed by the Liberal bail system; it must be reformed. Will the Liberal government make that commitment today?
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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
Ms. Raquel Dancho (Kildonan—St. Paul, CPC)
  • Jan/30/23 3:03:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have had eight years to make our streets safer, and they have only made things worse. Last year in Toronto, of the 44 homicides by shooting, 24 of the criminals responsible were out on bail when they committed the murders. All 13 premiers in Canada signed a historic letter to the Prime Minister demanding bail reform. The Toronto police are demanding bail reform. What is it going to take for the Liberal government to reform the broken Liberal 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
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, CPC)
  • Jan/30/23 3:06:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, under Bill C-21 on firearms, law-abiding citizens will no longer be able to hunt, but criminals will be able to continue terrorizing our streets. Meanwhile, the provincial premiers are unanimously calling on this Liberal government to take immediate action to strengthen Canada's bail system. In December, a police officer was killed by a criminal who had been granted bail even though he posed a real threat to society. Will this Prime Minister stop playing politics with the safety of Canadians and do what needs to be done?
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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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Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Jan/30/23 3:07:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, commuters in Toronto have been set on fire, stabbed and swarmed in a growing wave of violence. Our transit operators are scared to go to work. In the first three weeks of this year, Toronto police said that crimes were up more than 37%. We have repeat violent offenders out on our streets because of the government's weak bail system. The Minister of Public Safety says he is concerned, but he is not concerned enough to do anything about it. Canadians are a little more than just concerned. When are we going to see the bail reform that every premier, police union and police chief has called for in this country?
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Context: House Hansard - 149 - Jan/30/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Jan/30/23 3:08:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the current Prime Minister, violent crime is up 32%. That is a record. The record is the weak bail system, and it keeps serious, violent criminals out of jail and on our streets. There is a former Toronto police chief sitting on that side of the House who has made more comments about crime in the U.S. than in his own city this week. Enough with the thoughts and prayers and the concern. People do not feel safe in their communities, and they fear riding public transit. What is it going to take to get the minister to pay attention to the random attacks happening on public transit and reform the bail system?
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