“Mr. Speaker, my constituents in Bow River always appreciate when I have an opportunity to speak in the House or ask questions. More than a decade of having Liberal-appointed, soft-on-crime judges who follow the tone and tenor set by the government has really eroded the confidence of people on the disposition or the delivery of justice. I wonder if the member can speak to how bills passed need to be explicit in terms of mandatory minimum and consecutive sentences and how, otherwise, judges will erode the system and public confidence in the judicial system.”
Statement grade
D+
The average of Signal, Relevance, Respect and Clarity is 80. The grade is held to 51, 30 above Signal.
51 / 100, held down by Signal
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Procedure 16%Claims 23%Positioning 61%
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 14 wordsI hope I have been able to tackle some of that in my speech, ProcedureClaims · 26 wordsbut the arguments we have heard from the Liberal side do not explain why they rejected every reasonable safeguard Conservatives proposed in order to define things.1Positioning · 54 wordsIf their release valve or get-out-of-jail-free card is truly only for rare and exceptional cases, why do they not say that in the bill?Why not limit it to first-time offenders?Why not prevent sentences from dropping below half the mandatory minimum?Why not exclude a child sexual offence, aggravated sexual assault or extortion?PositioningProcedure · 4 wordsThe answer is simple.ProcedureUnearned certaintyPositioning · 16 wordsThe Liberals wanted this power to be broad, and Canadians should be very concerned about it.Positioning
