“Madam Speaker, unfortunately, I do not at all appreciate the government’s decision to invoke closure on this debate. Nobody wins when the government limits debate on a bill, especially one that deals directly with justice. When it comes to the basic principles of this bill, we all agree that we need to ensure greater protection and get tougher on crime. As always, the devil is in the details. That is particularly true when it comes to justice and crime. We are all in favour of tougher laws. We all agree that we need to better protect victims and that we need to crack down on criminals, especially in cases involving sex crimes or other related offences. Does the minister agree that, unfortunately, democracy as a whole loses when the government shuts down debate on such a sensitive subject?”
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Madam Speaker, Claims · 173 wordsI do not agree.The facts in this situation are very different from what my colleague is describing.For example, a few months ago, the Conservative Party prolonged the debate at the Standing Committee on Justice.1The Conservatives were talking about a preference between puppies and kittens, wasting time for the sake of wasting time, and carrying on meaningless debates outside the scope of the criminal laws that we are seeking to implement.There was an opportunity to advance these protections in a timely way with full debate.I would point out to the member the fact that we are seeing people from across Canada calling for these actions, and there was a debate at the justice committee.We have had an opportunity to debate this bill in the House.The Senate will have an opportunity to debate it.In all honesty, we have judges from the bench crying for some of the protections that this bill would afford to Canadians.We see femicides taking place at an ungodly rate in this country, Reasoning · 64 wordsand we have an opportunity to help prevent those with stiffer penalties, and importantly, upstream investments as well.I do not see this process as being a function of democracy breaking.I view the inappropriate behaviour to stop the work of the justice committee previously demands that democracy be allowed to work and that the House adopt the important reforms included in the bill.
