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House Hansard - 275

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 5, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 275 - Feb/5/24
Hon. Arif Virani (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)
  • Feb/5/24 2:22:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very happy that the Leader of the Opposition, after reading a government press release, has finally tuned into this issue, but I have a couple of clarifications. First, mandatory minimums for auto theft for repeat offences already exist in the Criminal Code, so he is not changing something that already exists. Second, an aggravating factor for an auto theft that occurs with organized crime is already on the books too, section 718.2 of the Criminal Code, Mr. Leader of the Opposition. Why do we not focus on things we can actually do, like getting tough with organized crime and anti-money laundering?
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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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