“Madam Speaker, to listen to this minister complain about and blame Conservatives for the situation of our justice system in Canada today is laughable. When Bill C-75 was passed, Conservatives opposed that bill because we knew the damage and the consequences that bill would wreak on our justice system. Jody Wilson-Raybould, the minister at the time, said that passing that bill would speed up all of the delays in the court system, delays that seem to still exist. Arif Virani, during the debate, defended the government’s use of time allocation and argued the opposition was blocking. Randy Boissonnault did the same thing and argued that Conservatives were holding things up. We were simply trying to warn Canadians about the damage these guys were doing. Fast-forward to Bill C-5. David Lametti, as this bill’s sponsor, said that Bill C-5 needed to move forward quickly and efficiently, and again blamed Conservatives for stopping the government from removing mandatory minimum penalties. Now, fast-forward to the current public safety minister and Mark Holland arguing the same thing. All of this is evidenced in the Hansard and the Debates of those parliaments. For this minister to stand here today and actually blame Conservatives for telling them that they were wrong and we were right all along is ridiculous.”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 151 wordsI have never seen a clearer example of a straw man argument.He is making allegations about my position in this argument that I did not suggest.My criticism of the Conservatives in this debate was about their behaviour at the justice committee, not for decisions taken under previous governments during different parliaments.It is ironic that the Conservatives are arguing that there has not been enough time to debate this bill, but the questions they have on this debate are not even talking about this bill.The member is talking about bills that were adopted a number of years ago in previous parliaments, which, by the way, he is objecting to despite the fact that it made it harder for people to get bail when charged with intimate partner violence complaints or made house arrest ineligible for people charged with advocating genocide or attempted murder or torture in this country.12Reasoning · 14 wordsMy own view is that we have an opportunity to offer protections to victims.Positioning · 29 wordsIt seems the Conservative Party has made a decision for political reasons that they wish to delay the implementation of these protections.I find that disappointing in the extreme.PositioningThe ask · 33 wordsI hope that they will put their money where their mouth is and actually place their vote behind this bill to accelerate its expeditious adoption into Canada’s laws to offer protections for communities.
