Bill C-14

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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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…ss the major safety issues that concern Canadians today. We have Bill C-9, Bill C-12, Bill C-16 and Bill C-14. All of this legislation collectively needs to pass through the House of Commons and be made into law so that it can protect Canadians.

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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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…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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…ive agenda with six bills to fix this. If the member is serious about extortion, why is he stopping Bill C-14, which would create reverse-onus bail for violent extortion, require consecutive sentences and strengthen the bail system? Why is there obstruction? Will that member join us to pass the bill?

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…hat is of grave concern in Canada. Finally, we are addressing the revolving door of justice through Bill C-14. This legislation contains changes designed to keep repeat violent offenders off our streets. The proposed legislation would expand reverse-onus rules for violent and repeat offenders, limit bail rel…

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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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…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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…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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… do not know any other way to put it. We can work together in committees. Just last week, we passed Bill C-14. It took us until 1:15 in the morning, but we did it, and we did it as a result of collaboration between all the parties around the table. I think everybody is quite proud of that accomplishment, as …