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Blaine Calkins

Member of Parliament
Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees
Conservative

Red Deer—Lacombe
Alberta
Voting Attendance: 66%
Expenses Last Quarter: $146,499.79

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Context: House Hansard - 238 - Oct/24/23

Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC)

Oct/24/23 10:14:16 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I hope you will grant me some grace, given the gravity of the petition I am presenting today. The petition arises from events that happened on September 16, 2021, with the horrific and preventable murders of Mchale Erica Busch, age 24, and her baby son, Noah Lee McConnell, age 16 months. The murders occurred in the victims' apartment building in Hinton, Alberta, perpetrated by a known registered sex offender. The family had no idea that this individual was living there, and the offences happened a short 10 days after they moved in. This petition has been signed by almost 22,000 Canadians, who are asking for the Government of Canada to do the following: require mandatory reporting by convicted sexual offenders to the nearest police station upon any change of residence; clarify that failure to report as required is an offence for which an arrest warrant shall be issued; and create a specifically designated offender classification for persons convicted of sexual assault offences against children where a sentence of more than two years is imposed, for offenders convicted of two or more violent sexual offences, or for offences involving the abduction of women and/or children. We have a responsibility to this family and all victims of sexual violence in this country. I look forward to the government responding to this petition.

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Context: House Hansard - 229 - Oct/4/23

Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC)

Oct/4/23 5:23:21 p.m.
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Re: Bill S-12

Mr. Speaker, I am wondering if my friend and colleague from Calgary Nose Hill has also thought about this notion. We all know that a lie can spread around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on in the morning. What I am getting at here is that it is not just the potential victimization of women and children, which is a horrible thing, but each and every one of us in this room has been seized with the conversation of foreign interference, especially in our electoral process. Can members imagine a foreign state actor doing something like this during an election campaign to discredit or humiliate us in our democratic process? Does she have any thoughts on that?

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Context: House Hansard - 229 - Oct/4/23

Mr. Blaine Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe, CPC)

Oct/4/23 4:40:08 p.m.
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Re: Bill S-12

Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the current Liberal government, sex crime has nearly doubled to 82.5%. I would like to remind my colleague of an incident that happened in Alberta on September 16, 2021. Michale Busch and her toddler son Noah McConnell were murdered by a sex offender who was in some strange way permitted, even though he was on the registry, to live anonymously and unknown in the apartment right next door in an apartment complex. They were killed on September 16, 2021 by that sex offender. I would also like to remind him not only what the risk would be from the government's getting it wrong when it comes to the implementation of the sex offender registry, but also how important it is to get the legislation and the implementation right. This is about lives and about protecting people who are otherwise revictimized all the time. If we do not get it right, there are serious consequences. Does my colleague have any suggestions for the government regarding what it should change when it comes to this legislation, or should the changes actually be in how it is implemented?

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