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House Hansard - 219

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 18, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mr. Frank Caputo (Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, CPC)
  • Sep/18/23 1:47:32 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-48 
Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of the people from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. We talk about reverse onuses and the member mentioned perhaps we should be looking at different things and different private members' bills if they are not in this legislation. The issue of firearms and repeat firearms offenders is one of significant concern. Does he agree that those who have repeatedly used firearms should also be targeted by a differential reverse onus, perhaps one that is ramped up from the current one? As he said, those who go to acquire an illegal firearm are, themselves, going out of their way to commit crime.
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mr. Arnold Viersen (Peace River—Westlock, CPC)
  • Sep/18/23 4:17:05 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the final petition I have today is from Canadians across the country who support the health and safety of Canadian firearms owners. Petitioners recognize the importance of owning firearms. They are concerned about the impacts of hearing loss caused by the damaging noise levels of firearms and about the need for noise reduction. These petitioners acknowledge that sound moderators are the only universally recognized health and safety device that is criminally prohibited in Canada. Moreover, the majority of G7 countries have recognized the health and safety benefits in allowing them for hunting, sport shooting and reduced noise pollution. The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to allow firearms owners the option to purchase and use sound moderators for all legal hunting and sport shooting activities.
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Mrs. Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, CPC)
  • Sep/18/23 6:22:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-48 
Madam Speaker, I send my congratulations to our colleague across the way for his promotion. In light of the government's record of being crime rate deniers, it is a relief to see it reversing one of the many measures implemented in Bill C-75, but I was particularly interested in the aspect of firearms making the potential for bail even more unlikely. Specifically, on October 31 of this year, tens of thousands of people across Canada are going to become paper criminals because they have not handed in their AR-15, although they legally own them. Because these violations involve a firearm and it is a criminal offence, I am wondering where they are going to put all the tens of thousands of people who become criminals on October 31 because they legally own an AR-15.
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