Bill C-14

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…ut extortion. I agree with him that extortion is a very serious issue. Bill C-2, lawful access, and Bill C-14, bail reform, are two pieces of legislation that would go a long way in dealing with some of the extortion we are witnessing in Canada. Could the member express his thoughts on the Conservative Party…

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…jor bills: Bill C-2, the strong borders act; Bill C-12, the immigration system and borders act; and Bill C-14, the bail and sentencing reform act, which has introduced over 80 targeted criminal code reforms, many directly addressing extortion. Bill C-14 would create a new reverse onus for individuals charged…

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…ion that would deal with extortion, at least in part. I am referring to not only Bill C-2, but also Bill C-14. Those two bills are about bail reform legislation and allowing Canada to have lawful access. How can the member honestly stand up to talk about the importance of the issue, when, as a Conservative c…

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…s, creating a reverse onus for repeat offenders and requiring courts to consider prior convictions. Bill C-14 would go even further by clarifying that restraint does not mean automatic release, yet the Conservatives have blocked it. I have seen that in the House. The other day, speaker after speaker from the…

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…d prevented components of that bill from going forward? What about Bill C-9, a bill on hate speech, Bill C-14, on bail reform, or Bill C-16, which reinstates mandatory minimums? The Conservatives have routinely held up these bills. They obstruct Parliament from being able to pass very important pieces of leg…

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…2, which would give lawful access to police forces, Bill C-12, which deals with asylum seekers, and Bill C-14, which deals with bail reforms, are the bills that police chiefs, premiers and the public want. There is only one party, the Conservative Party, that is blocking those bills and not letting them pass…

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…lizing change. Would the member not agree that individual bills, like those on combatting crime and Bill C-14 on bail reform, are legislation that Canadians want to see passed?

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… with these issues today is the Conservative Party of Canada. We have seen, whether it is Bill C-2, Bill C-14, Bill C-9 or Bill C-16, that all of those bills are there from a Prime Minister who was elected—

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…rently the subject of much debate at the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. We studied Bill C-14 in a panic. We rushed it through in three meetings, which I thought was a shame because it gave us little time to seriously consider the different provisions. We did manage, I think, to come up with …

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…t be free. They should be kept behind bars. If the Conservatives and the opposition parties support Bill C-14, once it passes, those criminals will stay behind bars and not be out and free.