44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 6, 2024 10:00AM
- Feb/6/24 10:27:16 a.m.
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Thank you. I did not hear it. I want to remind members not to use the names of members who sit in the House when making a speech. I also want to ask the Sergeant-at-Arms something. I notice it is getting a little noisy in the lobby. Someone really should go and see what is happening and ask people to lower their voices.
The hon. member for Mégantic—L'Érable.
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- Feb/6/24 11:16:42 a.m.
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There are a couple of conversations going on in the House and the sound levels are rising. I would just ask members, if they want to have those conversations, to maybe step outside. Otherwise, they may want to listen because they may want to ask questions of or make comments to the hon. member who is delivering a speech right now.
The hon. member for Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia.
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Mr. Speaker, in order for police to take action, the law must allow them to do so.
Last time, the Prime Minister chose denial and swept the issue under the rug. Discussion ended then and there. He spoke of freedom of expression, freedom in general, as he did just now. This religious exemption is found in a bill that criminalizes hate speech yet allows people to take the cowardly way out and hide behind that exemption.
Will he condone hate speech, or will he eliminate hate speech spread under the guise of the religious exemption?
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Mr. Speaker, in Canada, any form of hatred or glorification of violence is unacceptable.
Our police forces are working very hard to eliminate hate speech and the glorification of violence. We recognize how important it is, in our legal system, to defend the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the rights of all Canadians, but glorification of violence and hate speech are always unacceptable.
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- Feb/6/24 3:46:39 p.m.
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I take notice. I called the House to order twice during the hon. member's speech. I remind members to be respectful of one another when someone is speaking.
The hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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- Feb/6/24 3:57:53 p.m.
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I have to remind the hon. member to be relevant to the speech the hon. Leader of the Opposition made.
The hon. Leader of the Opposition.
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- Feb/6/24 4:43:52 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is always a pleasure to rise on behalf of members from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo.
I will say this much. Sometimes, people say really funny things, and my colleague just said something very funny. Perhaps it was because the speech was just not that compelling.
At the end of the day, the member has spoken all about what they have done about auto theft. I will remind him that Bill C-75 did not just raise the sentence, as though he is saying that we are targeting auto theft. It was actually two years less a day that it raised it on summary conviction. It raised every summary conviction to two years less a day. The Liberal government can say that it is targeting this time after time.
There is an epidemic here, and I want to know this: Will the member admit, fundamentally, what police and citizens across the country are telling us, that there is a problem?
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