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House Hansard - 199

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 17, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot, CPC)
  • May/17/23 4:40:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as always, it is an honour to be able to rise in this House to present the issues that are so pressing to Canadians. Today, I have a petition signed by many Canadians. They hope to draw it to the attention of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, so that the minister can take action related to the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling in R. v. Bissonnette. This ruling struck down section 745.51 of the Criminal Code, which allowed for parole ineligibility periods to be applied consecutively for mass murderers. As a result, some of Canada's most notorious and heinous mass murderers are able to apply for parole after serving only 25 years. It is an unjust decision, and it revictimizes the families of the victims of these terrible killers. The petitioners are asking the Minister of Justice to take action, including not ruling out the use of the notwithstanding clause to ensure that these heinous mass killers face justice.
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot, CPC)
  • May/17/23 9:19:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I greatly appreciate the speech that the opposition whip gave, which articulated some of the really important context that highlights some of the debate. It is clear that the Liberals, in the work they did in committee, wanted to go further. In fact, there were members of the committee who said that. This legislation gives them the authority to go further with a secretive process that would likely, in the Prime Minister's own words, target law-abiding firearms owners. My question for the opposition whip is this: Is that secretive process the best way to increase public safety, or would it actually be putting the real criminals behind bars?
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Damien Kurek
  • May/17/23 10:03:49 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it seems that the government members are looking for more information related to the firearms that Conservatives are concerned that the Liberals are seeking to ban, so I would seek unanimous consent from the House to table the amendment—
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot, CPC)
  • May/17/23 11:05:16 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I will ask the member from the Bloc a question that I asked one of his colleagues during the discussion at committee. As I heard from them, some of the initiatives the Liberal government is forwarding are similar to those that have already been implemented in Quebec. However, when I asked if there was data that supports the idea that any of these measures would result in a reduction of violent crime, specifically violent gun crime, I did not get an answer. I would ask that simple question. Certainly, the evidence that I have heard from my constituents and from experts across the country is that this legislation will do nothing to address the real problem, which is criminals, who are not following the rules to begin with, and will target law-abiding firearms owners like hunters, farmers and sports shooters.
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River—Crowfoot, CPC)
  • May/17/23 11:52:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I find it so troubling that the coalition of the Liberals and the NDP seems to be bent on bringing American-style politics into the conversation, yet what I find really interesting is that they actually invited a former presidential candidate who supports the second amendment in the United States. They say one thing but do another on so many fronts. Could the member for Saskatoon—University highlight other examples of the hypocrisy we see in the Liberals, as well as the NDP?
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