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- Jun/16/23 11:35:24 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the friends and families of Bernardo's victims deserve a better answer than that.
Yesterday, the Liberals had an opportunity to expedite a Conservative bill that would have kept serial killers and rapists in maximum security, but they rejected it. Victims of crime are constantly the bottom priority of these soft-on-crime Liberals. The Conservatives offered a way to quickly fix the mess the Liberals have created, but they rejected it.
Again, when will the minister take public safety seriously and reverse course on the changes the Liberals made so that people like Bernardo do not have access to more freedom?
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- Oct/28/22 10:42:39 a.m.
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- Re: Bill C-9
Mr. Speaker, absolutely, victims have to be at the core of what we consider when we are looking at legislation. A good example of that is Bill C-5 and how the government is removing minimum sentences from very serious crimes. That puts these individuals who have committed these crimes right back into their communities and right back into where the victims are.
That was one of the main reasons why we did not support that piece of legislation. We were looking out for the victims and caring for the victims.
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- Jun/16/22 12:57:01 p.m.
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- Re: Bill C-9
Mr. Speaker, one of the things my colleague talked about was the erosion of the rule of law at the same time as the erosion of the protection of victims. We have seen, time and again, a real soft-on-crime approach by the Liberal government.
I want to bring this to her attention. In my community of Kelowna—Lake Country, the City of Kelowna just released a report, a couple of weeks ago, called “Community Confidence in Justice: Advocacy Paper”. It talks about the increase in crime in our community, and it has a number of different suggestions and advocacy on protecting the public and moving forward with different policy ideas and guidelines.
Is the member seeing a similar increase in crime where she is from, such that we really need to look at both the rule of law and the protection of victims in her community as well?
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- Jun/16/22 12:40:21 p.m.
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- Re: Bill C-9
Mr. Speaker, I was glad to hear the member talk about victims. Of course, that is some of the premise of this bill.
I want to ask him a question on the topic of victims. The position of Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime is still vacant. That position has been vacant now for approximately nine months, so someone to speak up for victims and hear their voices is not at the table.
I am wondering if the member has any thoughts on that and if he can provide us any information today as to when that position might be filled.
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- Jun/16/22 11:37:31 a.m.
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- Re: Bill C-9
Madam Speaker, the seat for the office of the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime has been vacant since last October. Does the member have any thoughts on that?
When we consider legislation such as this, and on the overall topic, it is really important that we consider victims. Could the member comment on that?
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- Jun/7/22 7:33:54 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her strong ongoing advocacy for victims.
I wonder if she can comment on the government's overarching theme of being soft on crime. We see it in a number of ways, in different legislation that it brings forth and in how it approaches many different issues. I wonder if you can comment on how the government is not really standing up for victims of crime, but really having this soft-on-crime approach.
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