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Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians

Alex Ruff

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
  • Conservative
  • Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $91,173.06

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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • Jun/15/23 12:23:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am going to ask the member a similar question to one I asked earlier during this debate specifically around the amendment. It gets to the root cause of how victims are not being treated respectfully at times because of a lack of accountability within the minister's office, in this case the Minister of Public Safety. If the roles were reversed and she was a minister, would she accept staff members keeping her in the dark and not briefing her about something that is impacting victims in Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • Jun/15/23 12:06:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, one of themes in the report is the necessity to do a better job at consulting with victims before decisions are made, whether with respect to parole or within corrections services. Bringing it back to the amendment we are debating, I would like the member's take on the importance of ministerial accountability to consider the victims who need to be informed as a priority. When ministers do not taking accountability and hide behind their staff, it reharms the victims. I would like the member's comments on that.
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • May/16/23 7:11:53 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Madam Speaker, I appreciate the member sharing some tragic stories that he personally experienced or of people he knew. I have a question, though. Could he point out anything in Bill C-21 that would have actually helped to prevent the specific tragedies he experienced? Second, I would like his feedback on the red flag portions of Bill C-21, because we heard at committee, during the debate, review and study of Bill C-21, from women's groups, and pretty unanimously from all the stakeholders, that the proposed red flag laws that are now in Bill C-21 are costly, ineffective and redundant. In particular, Heidi Rathjen from PolySeSouvient said that: First, there is not one women's group that asked for this measure. Second, it's not relevant in the Canadian context, because...victims of abuse can call the police. It's up to the police to come and investigate, and they have all the legislative tools necessary to remove the weapons.... ...[the red flag law] is dangerous in the sense that it could...allow police to offload their responsibility onto victims. I would just like the member's comments—
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Context: House Hansard - 137 - Nov/29/22
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • Nov/29/22 2:57:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us make sure talking points do not get in the way of the facts. Ten of the 12 mandatory minimums the Liberals are removing were introduced by previous Liberal governments, i.e., the senior Trudeau and Chrétien governments. What did the previous Liberal governments get so wrong? As violent crime continued to increase in the last seven years under the Liberal government, why is it so focused on helping criminals and repeat offenders instead of standing up for the victims? When will the Liberals repeal their soft-on-crime agenda?
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