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Mr. Speaker, let me just say that the new government is ensuring that we have control over the immigration system. Today we passed Bill C-12, which gives greater law enforcement powers to both the CBSA and the IRCC. For example, when people are using the asylum system to game the system, it will enable officials to disallow their claims. We are taking control of the immigration system, and Bill C-…
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Mr. Speaker, let me thank the member for Markham—Unionville for his hard work and advocacy. As members are aware, law enforcement agencies across Canada have been asking for additional tools, the most important one being lawful access in order to ensure the safety and security of Canadians. Through Bill C-22, they would have the tools they need to combat childhood sexual exploitation, extortion, h…
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Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear. As part of the platform last year, we committed to hiring 1,000 new CBSA officers as well as 1,000 new RCMP personnel, and we have already started on that process. We had the first cohort of CBSA officers who graduated from Rigaud. The member opposite was in fact invited to the graduation. We will be rolling out the first cohort of RCMP personnel over the next co…
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Mr. Speaker, once again, let me express my condolences to those who were impacted by this heinous act, but let me also assure Canadians that we are working to strengthen bail laws, strengthen sentencing and strengthen victims' rights, as well as to ensure that those who are impacted by violence are supported through the number of bills that we have.
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Mr. Speaker, let me first extend my condolences to the families who were impacted by this heinous act and let me also assure my colleagues that this was a decision of the independent Parole Board. With the bills that are before the House today, we would strengthen bail, we would strengthen sentencing, we would strengthen the rights of victims and we would work with all parties to ensure the increa…
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Mr. Speaker, let me just say that the first 1,000 RCMP officers we are going to be hiring will be coming out very shortly. We have also started to roll out the 1,000 new CBSA officers. What will be important for members opposite to reflect on is their commitment to the RCMP. On this side of the House, we support the RCMP. We support law enforcement. We have introduced Bill C-22 respecting lawful a…
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Mr. Speaker, let us talk about the facts. There are 1,000 new CBSA officers, 1,000 new RCMP personnel, $1.3 billion for border security and Bill C-12, the strong borders act. We have Bill C-14, which would strengthen bail as well as sentencing. We have Bill C-16, which would strengthen victims' rights. That is the record of this government. We are going to be making sure that every Canadian feels …
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-22, An Act respecting lawful access. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
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Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear. Canada has one of the most robust immigration refugee protection systems in the world. The Immigration and Refugee Board is the gold standard by which adjudications are made towards refugee protection. As a country that is a signatory to the refugee convention of 1951, it is important that we have full faith in our system. The IRB adjudicates and ensures that tho…
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Mr. Speaker, do we know what happens to failed asylum seekers? They are removed. Last year, we removed over 22,000 individuals who were inadmissible. We as a government are ensuring—
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Mr. Speaker, do we know what happens to failed asylum seekers? They are removed. Last year, we removed over 22,000 inadmissible individuals from Canada. This year, through the strengthening Canada's immigration system act, Bill C-12, which is now going through the Senate, we will be removing more individuals. More will be ineligible to seek asylum. We are hiring 1,000 new CBSA officers, the first …
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Mr. Speaker, let me extend my deepest support to the individual RCMP officers who have been impacted. I will work with Commissioner Duheme to ensure that those who require the support, including new facilities, are addressed. The work of RCMP frontline personnel across Canada is truly inspiring, and I want to thank each and every member for their service to Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, we have been meeting with those who have been impacted by extortion. I want to extend my condolences to those who have been impacted. We need to work in collaboration in order to ensure that extortion is addressed. We need the party opposite to pass critical pieces of legislation, including Bill C-2. Virtually every law enforcement agency head I have spoken to has asked for lawful acc…
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Mr. Speaker, last week when the Prime Minister met with first ministers from across Canada, all 13 of them unanimously asked for this House to pass Bill C-14. The party opposite is talking about being tough on crime, but it refused to pass the legislation that is required for bail reform, that is going to make consecutive sentences and that is going to ensure the safety and security of Canadians. …
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Mr. Speaker, I think it is important to look at what is in front of us right now, as we speak. We have a number of very important pieces of legislation that will address the issue that my friend opposite brought forward. There is Bill C-12, which is going through the Senate. There is Bill C-9. There is Bill C-14, which speaks to bail reform, as well as ensuring that there is consecutive sentencing…
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 110(2), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the certificate of nomination with biographical notes for the proposed appointment of Anton Boegman as foreign influence transparency commissioner for a term of seven years. I request that the nomination and biographical notes be referred to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.
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Mr. Speaker, the rise in extortion in Surrey and the Lower Mainland is unacceptable, and I extend my support to the victims of extortion everywhere. This morning, I met with Premier Eby and we committed to deploying up to 20 RCMP members to support law enforcement efforts. We deployed two helicopters in the Surrey area, and in November we announced $4 million in federal funding to bolster the Surr…
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Mr. Speaker, at the outset, let me thank and congratulate the members of the RCMP for their work in the arrest of Ryan Wedding in collaboration with the FBI. Ryan Wedding was the number one wanted person in the United States, and this is the type of collaboration that law enforcement in Canada, working with the United States, can achieve. To the member's question, we have six bills in front of the…
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moved that the bill, as amended, be concurred in at report stage with further amendments.
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Mr. Speaker, let me be very clear: We will be moving forward with the national program to ensure that the gun owners who are lawful gun owners are able to get compensation for prohibited weapons, the 2,500 types of weapons we prohibited under the Firearms Act. We will be compensating them. My question to the opposition members is this: Why do they continuously go against law enforcement? For examp…
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moved: That Bill C-12, in Clause 47, be amended by (a) replacing lines 4 to 8 on page 23 with the following: (a) in the case where the person has voluntarily returned to the country in respect of which they claimed refugee protection and the Refugee Protection Division has not yet made a decision in respect of the claim, must determine that the claim has been abandoned; and (b) in any other case, …
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Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the “2024 Annual Report on the RCMP's Use of the Law Enforcement Justification Provisions”.
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, let me thank the member for Fleetwood—Port Kells for his hard work. We are taking real action to fight extortion. Last week we had a summit in Surrey, British Columbia, that brought together the Government of British Columbia, law enforcement and the extortion task force, as well as municipal leaders, in order to ensure that we are all on the same page and are fighting t…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada has a robust system of inadmissibility that ensures that people who were not eligible to be here will be removed. This year we are on target to remove over 20,000 people who are ineligible to be here, including those with criminal offences. Let me be very clear that the sanctimony of members of the party opposite that they put forward on issues of public safety needs to be chec…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Compton—Stanstead for her incredible work at the SECU committee, and I want to thank the members of the SECU committee for making sure that Bill C-12 passes report stage at committee. Bill C-12 would give law enforcement the tools to keep our borders secure and to combat organized crime, auto theft, extortion, money laundering and the trafficking o…
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Mr. Speaker, let me take this opportunity to thank the men and women of CSIS for the work they do each and every day to protect Canadians. I also want to once again assure my colleague opposite that we will be bringing forward a name in short order and that we will ensure that adequate consultation comes before the House.
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Mr. Speaker, what needs to happen is that the rhetoric from across the aisle needs to stop. What we need to do is right in front of the House. We have Bill C-2, which has lawful access as a very important principle of criminal law. We have Bill C-12, the strong borders act, and we have Bill C-14, which speaks to the need for bail reform as well as sentencing. These are smart criminal justice refor…
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moved that Bill C-15, An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on November 4, 2025, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
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Mr. Speaker, let me thank the member for Brampton Centre for her incredible hard work and advocacy. Our government is taking real action to stop people who commit extortion. The Conservatives, however, have failed to support measures, like lawful access, that law enforcement across Canada have been asking us to implement. They will not support Bill C-2. They will not support Bill C-12. They will n…
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Mr. Speaker, what we have to say to Canadians is that we have a bill in front of the House, Bill C-2, that has a very important provision called lawful access, which would ensure that crimes such as extortion are dealt with in an efficient and speedy manner. This is what law enforcement across Canada, from Abbotsford to every part of the country I have visited over the last six months, has been as…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to assure the member, as well the House, that we will be moving forward in short order to bring forward the name to the opposition and to have a motion before the House.
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Mr. Speaker, our government is taking real action to stop those who commit extortion. The Conservatives, on the other hand, have failed to support these measures, such as lawful access, a measure that every single law enforcement agency and every single police association have been asking for. They have been asking the Conservative Party to step up to ensure that Bill C-2, with lawful access, is p…
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Mr. Speaker, Canada has a robust system of removals and inadmissibility that enables us to take action. I will commit to the member opposite to looking into it and will get back to her. The circumstances behind the incident she refers to are abhorrent, and I condemn it wholeheartedly.
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Mr. Speaker, our government is doing everything we can to ensure that guns are off our streets. This includes Bill C-12, and this includes a $1.3-billion investment at our border, 1,000 new RCMP and 1,000 new CBSA officers. We have Bill C-14, which will address the issues around bail. We also have a compensation program that will ensure that law-abiding Canadians can get compensation for prohibite…
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Mr. Speaker, as I announced several weeks ago, there is a pilot project taking place in Cape Breton, which will be expanded to across Canada over the coming weeks. We look forward to law-abiding Canadians' abiding by the law. We have brought in many measures to ensure that criminals are off our streets, including Bill C-14, which I hope the party opposite supports. It is part of a comprehensive pl…
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Mr. Speaker, the safety and security of Canadians is the first and most primary responsibility of the government. This is why we have taken very important measures in order to ensure the safety and security of Canadians, including having the highest level of removals in a decade. Over 20,000 people will be removed from Canada for being here improperly. This is why we have introduced bail reform an…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to answer this very important question. I look forward to bringing forth the names to the leaders of the opposition parties so that we can have consensus on the commissioner. I assure the member opposite that we will have the commission up and running by the end of the year.
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Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition has made some irresponsible statements relating to the RCMP. The RCMP plays an integral role in the safety and security of Canadians. It is an independent organization that abides by the rule of law. For the Leader of the Opposition to impugn the integrity of the RCMP is beyond the seat he holds. I demand that he unequivocally retract those statements. We …
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader's dangerous rhetoric is irresponsible. The words of the Leader of the Opposition in relation to the RCMP are completely unacceptable. The RCMP is an independent organization, one that enhances the rule of law in Canada and that ensures the safety and security of Canadians. Day in and day out, the RCMP officers on the ground work to save and secure this country.…
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Madam Speaker, concerning the new RCMP officers who would be onboarded, the commitment we have is that those RCMP officers would be mandated to do federal policing. They would receive training that is consistent and that is customized for federalized policing; it is something that Commissioner Duheme and his senior team have been working on with the depot to ensure that the officers have the right…
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Madam Speaker, let me confirm that the Coast Guard plays an integral role in protecting Canadians. The measures we are taking will enhance its role with respect to surveillance, making sure, particularly in northern Canada, that information is shared with law enforcement agencies as well as the Department of National Defence. As members are aware, we are investing 2% of our GDP in defence starting…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Oakville West for the hard work she does with the Halton Regional Police Service. I had the opportunity to visit her last week. From January 1 to September 19, CBSA seized close to 2,600 grams of fentanyl, 77,000 grams of other opioids, 662 firearms and over 11,000 prohibited weapons. Bill C-12 would enhance law enforcement's ability to do its work,…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech and his work. I want to acknowledge the work my colleague has done for many years on a number of issues, including medical assistance in dying. I thank him for that. I want to talk about the 1,000 new CBSA officers announced last Friday in Niagara Falls with my good colleague from St. Catharines, and the hiring, training and deploying …
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Madam Speaker, that is a very important question. The RCMP is an organization that is sacrosanct in Canada. It has defended Canadians for over 150 years. It is an internationally recognized leader in policing. In Canada, we have separation of the executive branch from police functions and judicial functions. The RCMP is an independent body that is accountable within its system. It is not accountab…
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moved that Bill C-12, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures, be read the second time and referred to a committee. Madam Speaker, I am thankful for the opportunity to speak today to Bill C-12, the strengthening Canada's immigration system and borders act. Bil…
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Madam Speaker, Bill C-12 is being introduced with three major elements that were left out of Bill C-2, which are lawful access, postal services and the $10,000 amount as part of money laundering. These elements are quite important to law enforcement. I have heard from law enforcement across Canada as to the need to ensure that there is a lawful-access regime. Canada remains the only country where …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the member for Bay of Quinte for his very hard work. The strengthening Canada's immigration system and borders act would strengthen our border and keep Canadians safe. It would ensure guns and fentanyl are off our streets, and it would assist law enforcement with the required tools to do its job properly. I want to take this moment to thank the frontline RCMP, CBSA, CS…
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-12, An Act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
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Mr. Speaker, let me just remind the party opposite that the Mass Casualty Commission in Nova Scotia recommended that governments take decisive action to take assault-style firearms off our streets. It is a critical part of the work of ensuring the safety and security of our communities. I want to thank the people of Cape Breton for the pilot program. I know that the police chief and men and women …
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Mr. Speaker, let me thank the hon. member for Sackville—Bedford—Preston for this very important question. Let me advise him that on October 1, we launched the firearms compensation program in Cape Breton. We already have people signing up and registering to ensure they are eligible for compensation. We look forward to the expansion of this program across Canada. In addition, we are working to secu…
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