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House Hansard - 275

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 5, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 275 - Feb/5/24
Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)
  • Feb/5/24 2:12:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the Liberal government has allowed catch-and-release criminals to cause chaos in our streets, resulting in car theft numbers unlike anything we have ever seen in the past. According to the Liberal government's own news release, auto thefts in Toronto are up 300% since 2015. What happened in 2015? The Liberal government happened in 2015. This auto theft crisis has happened under its watch and ports are full of stolen cars waiting to be shipped overseas while Canadians are left paying the price through increased insurance premiums. The Liberal-NDP coalition and Prime Minister are not worth the costs. Change is needed, and only Conservatives would increase the mandatory minimum penalty for a third offence of motor vehicle theft. We would repeal the catch-and-release rules in the government's bill, Bill C-75, to ensure repeat offenders get jail and not bail. A Conservative government would hit the brakes on car theft, protect the property of Canadians and bring home safe streets. It is just common sense.
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Context: House Hansard - 275 - Feb/5/24
Hon. Arif Virani (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Feb/5/24 2:24:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-59 
Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition purports to be tough on crime. Who do I listen to about crime measures? Police officers. What do they tell me? They tell me that this is not an individual crime; this is backed by people who are organized criminals. How do we deal with that? We get tough on money laundering. When he is asking me to read the law, I would ask him to read Bill C-59, which has measures that deal with money laundering, which you are voting against.
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Context: House Hansard - 275 - Feb/5/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/5/24 2:59:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, his main criticism is that when we were in government, we delivered safe streets at a low cost. That is right; we spent less. There was less crime and less costs. That is a good thing. With them, we get more costs and more crime. Why will they not follow our common-sense plan to bring down costs and crime by keeping repeat car theft criminals in jail now?
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Context: House Hansard - 275 - Feb/5/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/5/24 3:00:51 p.m.
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Well, Mr. Speaker, I have right here an announcement from the king of lobbying, Hill & Knowlton, which brought on a special national leader of financial communications. It is that member right there who was just speaking; the kingpin lobbyist over there is trying to distract from the fact that crime is raging out of control. Today I announced a common-sense plan to end catch-and-release and house arrest for repeat car theft criminals. Will they adopt this common-sense plan to stop the crime?
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