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Larry Brock

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 5, 2023
Context: Extradition Law Reform (JUST) - Oct/5/23
Mr. Larry Brock (Brantford—Brant, CPC)
  • 04:54:55 p.m.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. Just for clarification, then, for October 24 and 26 on this calendar, are we suggesting that we'll move into another study, the next study?
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Context: Extradition Law Reform (JUST) - Oct/5/23
Mr. Larry Brock
  • 04:55:20 p.m.
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Yes. Thank you.
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Context: Extradition Law Reform (JUST) - Oct/5/23
Mr. Larry Brock
  • 05:11:42 p.m.
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Thank you so much, ladies, for your sage advice and information, and the passion with which you bring such intelligence to this study. It is extremely disappointing to me, as a parliamentarian, that we're trying to shove through the passage of this bill literally at the eleventh hour, when the government had an entire year to get this right. We have 13 days to get this passed. We have one more day of witnesses. It's unfortunate that we are cutting short a very important study in this fashion. Ms. Andrews, you've brought nothing but courage to every committee you've appeared at where I've had the privilege of hearing from you and questioning you. You bring the truth. You bring strength. I have nothing but high praise for the resilience you have shown, not only as a survivor but also now as an advocate for change. Every parliamentarian should be listening to your words, because this is an opportunity for us to get this right. I have very limited time. You mentioned a number of amendments. You talked about amendments you spoke to at the Senate stage. What is the most important amendment you think we should seriously give consideration to in order to strengthen this bill?
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Context: Extradition Law Reform (JUST) - Oct/5/23
Mr. Larry Brock
  • 05:14:23 p.m.
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You identified in your opening statement an issue that needs to be fleshed out a little bit. That was in response to the question from my colleague Mr. Garrison to the officials about how many times these publication bans are granted. As a former Crown attorney, I can tell you—and I can speak only on behalf of the Province of Ontario—that every single time I was in bail court or in remand court for the first time dealing with a sexual offender on behalf of an adult victim or a child victim, the policy was to ask for those publication bans. I see Ms. Stephens shaking her head, because she's a former colleague of mine. It's something that federally we cannot work on; provincially we can. We need to broker a relationship between the feds and the provinces to ensure that best practices are adopted across this country so that there is uniformity, at the very earliest stage, in the use of all the tools we have as prosecutors. Getting that input from the complainant very early is key. I thank you for raising that as an issue. That's probably my time. Thank you.
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