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House Hansard - 219

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 18, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Sep/18/23 1:00:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-48 
Mr. Speaker, we are the only party that has been serious about this for the last eight years. This member, along with the NDP, has voted to release repeat violent criminals into his community. He has helped unleash a crime wave on Vancouver Island. NDP and Liberal policies have brought about tent cities, chaos and drug overdoses; the member's only solution has been to ban the hunting rifles of the decent, hard-working, law-abiding people who live on Vancouver Island. The NDP is totally out of touch. Common-sense Conservatives will stand up against crime and for hunters on Vancouver Island.
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Hon. Kerry-Lynne Findlay (South Surrey—White Rock, CPC)
  • Sep/18/23 2:06:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, crime, chaos and disorder, this is the Prime Minister's legacy after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government. Violent crime is up 39%. Vancouver homicide is up 55%. B.C.'s London Drugs reports a 500% increase in violence in its stores. Vancouver's JJ Bean Coffee Roasters has closed for good due to crime. Canadians are living in fear, businesses are closing and the new justice minister says that it is all in their heads. Vancouver's Light Up Chinatown festival ended in a triple stabbing by an accused who had stabbed his own teenage daughter to death. Celebration turned into fear and tragedy. On top of this is the out-of-control release of government-funded free hard drugs. Overdose is the leading cause of death among B.C. youth. We need jail, not bail, for violent repeat offenders; mandatory prison time for violent crimes; treatment and recovery for those struggling with addictions; common sense not nonsense. Let us bring it home.
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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23
Ms. Melissa Lantsman
  • Sep/18/23 5:57:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-48 
Madam Speaker, I am actually glad to hear my hon. colleague talk about treatment, because it is often something that is overlooked in what the NDP consistently pushes, which is safe supply. It is not working. There is a 300% increase in overdoses in this country. The member would know that in the city of Vancouver, in his own province, 6,000 crimes are committed by 40 criminals, which on average is 150 crimes per criminal. I do not know how this bill or anything the member suggests would be a solution to putting those 40 people away and solving 6,000 charged crimes. That is a countless number of victims of those crimes who do not come home every night to their families. We could stop this, but this bill would not do that.
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