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Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees

Ken Hardie

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees
  • Liberal
  • Fleetwood—Port Kells
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $140,090.09

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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/22 1:30:35 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, the member gave a thoughtful speech, as thoughtful as his colleague from Courtenay—Alberni and the bill that he had to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs. The first reaction to the bill that the House did pass was from Alberta, saying that what was happening in B.C., which was an agreement with B.C., is not good and it will not happen in Alberta. I would ask the member to reflect on that and Bill C-5, which again attempts to allow local jurisdictions to consider local circumstances and have judges make the appropriate judgment on what kinds of penalties should apply.
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Ken Hardie (Fleetwood—Port Kells, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/22 12:57:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's background and the points he is making in his speech, but I have a couple of quick points. First, currently the minimum mandatory sentence for the repeated smuggling of tobacco is four years, yet for most of the firearms offences is one year, so there is an imbalance there in the system. Second, we have seen many times in British Columbia Crown counsel refusing to approve charges simply because the courts are too full and people have walked. Third, if I were the Minister of Justice, I would make dealing fentanyl the crime of attempted murder. That said, I would ask the hon. member whether or not he trusts the judgment of judges to hand down appropriate sentences in the serious situations he mentions.
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