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House Hansard - 159

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 13, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Feb/13/23 2:41:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I share my colleague's concern, which is precisely why a number of my colleagues and I have been in direct contact with the City of Toronto to make sure it is getting the support it needs when it comes to mental health, homelessness, poverty and other social determinants that lead to crime. We are also providing additional supports for law enforcement. At each and every critical juncture when the Conservatives have had an opportunity to support these measures, what have they done? They have voted against. If they are serious about protecting our communities, they should support the policies of this government, because that is how we are going to better do that.
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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Feb/13/23 2:42:55 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are doing that work. We are doing that work by introducing a national ban on assault-style rifles, which have been used in some of the worst mass killing shootings in this country's history. We are doing that work with Bill C-21, which would raise maximum sentences for hardened gun traffickers. What is my colleague doing with regard to that bill? Her and her party have been filibustering it. They should stop doing that. They should study the bill. They should support our policies. They should also support the investments we have provided for law enforcement and for addressing the root causes of crime when it comes to the building safer communities fund. They voted against each and every one of those things. They should reverse course.
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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Feb/13/23 2:49:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, no matter the threat, we have acted and will continue to act swiftly to protect Canada's safety and sovereignty. Over the past week, we have seen NORAD doing what it does best, our two countries working together seamlessly and transparently to ensure continental security. We are continuing to monitor the situation, conduct recovery operations and take whatever action is necessary. I want to take a moment to thank the women and men who serve within NORAD for their service.
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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Feb/13/23 2:50:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will begin by assuring my colleague and all members in the chamber that Canada has acted and will continue to act swiftly and decisively to protect our safety and our sovereignty. Over the past week, we have seen NORAD doing what it does best, with our two countries working seamlessly together to ensure continental security. We are continuing to monitor the situation. We are conducting recovery operations, and we will take whatever action is necessary. I do want to take a moment to thank the women and men who serve NORAD to protect Canadians and our sovereignty every day.
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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Hon. Marco Mendicino (Minister of Public Safety, Lib.)
  • Feb/13/23 3:02:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague will have seen that we are consulting with legal firearms owners. In fact, that is precisely what we have been doing throughout the course of Bill C-21 and will continue to do so, because we know that hunters, trappers and first nations are part of the Canadian social fabric. More to the point, what we are targeting are those AR-15 style guns that have been used in some of the worst mass-shooting tragedies in this country's history. That is what we are after. We are also going to support the CBSA, which is stopping an increasing number of illegal firearms at our border. That is something that I hope my colleague would support. However, in order to do that, he actually has to vote for those appropriations, and the next time we do that, I hope he will.
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