Bill C-75

Adjournment Proceedings

…. Speaking of productivity, I rise today to respond to a question raised last fall regarding former Bill C-75. At that time, the Conservatives chose partisanship over collaboration and advanced a misleading claim that the bill required the release of violent offenders. Today, at the start of the new year, I …

Oral Questions

…beral promises, the results speak for themselves. Crime is up and criminals walk free. Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 strip mandatory minimums and entrench catch-and-release policies. When will the government work in good faith with the Conservatives to eliminate mandatory minimums for extortionists and repeal the c…

Government Orders

…ns have heard that promise before, have we not? We heard it when the Liberals passed, for instance, Bill C-75, which made it easier for repeat and violent offenders to obtain bail. We heard it again when the Liberals repealed mandatory minimum sentences for firearms and drug trafficking offences through Bill…

Oral Questions

… restore mandatory minimums for extortionists and repeal their catch-and-release laws, Bill C-5 and Bill C-75?

Government Orders

…late. We also know that the Liberal government has ended a lot of mandatory minimums in the case of Bill C-75. We have seen a series of justice bills from the government that it often claims would rectify a problem, but in the end these bills create a new problem or even a host of new problems. I return to t…

Oral Questions

…d. The Liberals are the ones who caused this problem by releasing criminals under the provisions of Bill C-75. Will they allow us move their bill forward, before Christmas, in order to repair the damage they have done?

Statements by Members

… in nearly all illegal guns. Gun crime is up 130% because of their catch-and-release bail system in Bill C-75 and reduced penalties for gun offences in Bill C-5. The buyback will not stop criminals or smuggling; it only targets responsible citizens. Conservatives will protect lawful gun owners, crack down on…

Adjournment Proceedings

… loosening bail conditions and reducing sentences increases violent crimes. Bills like Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 in previous parliaments have allowed dangerous offenders to be released repeatedly, eroding public confidence and enabling crime to spread. The result is that extortion threats in British Columbia ha…

Government Orders

…hese things are happening to them, to someone they know or to their child. We keep pointing back to Bill C-75 and to the failed Liberal justice system. After 10 years, I find it heard to believe that members on the other side are absolutely not listening to Canadians when they are speaking, loud and clear, t…

Government Orders

…w did we get here? For 10 years, the Liberals have proudly stood behind two soft-on-crime policies: Bill C-75 and Bill C-5. With Bill C-5, the Liberals weakened deterrence and denunciation by repealing numerous mandatory minimum sentences and re-permitting conditional sentences like house arrest for serious …