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Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence

Randeep Sarai

  • Member of Parliament
  • Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
  • Liberal
  • Surrey Centre
  • British Columbia
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $147,142.20

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Context: House Hansard - 304 - Apr/29/24
Mr. Randeep Sarai
  • Apr/29/24 5:30:16 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, Conservative members are more than welcome to debate this topic in the budget debate as much as they want. When it comes to this particular topic, I think this was done at the request of the Vancouver Police Department, along with other police chiefs and the Province of British Columbia. This was their call and their request to decriminalize certain aspects, certain drugs in certain quantities. The federal government and the Minister of Health responded accordingly. They have now requested amendments, and our government will similarly respond to that based on the needs and requests of the people in the province of British Columbia.
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Context: House Hansard - 88 - Jun/14/22
Mr. Randeep Sarai
  • Jun/14/22 12:33:42 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
Madam Speaker, those are exactly the types of supports that are needed. I have seen dozens, if not hundreds, of young people who have made small mistakes in their lives, including mistakes that now are not even considered criminal, such as smoking marijuana or possession of marijuana. Some mistakes are even small thefts, or being in a car with somebody who had a loaded firearm or who had drugs on them, and the people are facing sentences. When they had conditional sentences, it was an opportunity to give people a second chance to reflect on their mistakes and to become good citizens. If, in that conditional sentence period, they acted appropriately, took the appropriate classes or did the volunteer hours or therapy that they needed, in most cases they became very good citizens of society. In fact, rather than getting incarcerated, they got jobs and good skills and they became good members of society.
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