“Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke about the poison pill. First of all, mandatory sentences, obviously, as my other colleague pointed out much earlier, do in fact stop crime because it is very hard to commit a crime when in jail. As far as the poison pill goes, when I raised my kids and told them to clean their rooms, I did not say at the end of it, “Unless you don’t feel like it.” This, I believe, is what is happening with this bill: If we do not feel like it, we do not have to obey the law. I would like my colleague to expand on that, if she would.”
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Mr. Speaker, Thanks · 7 wordsI thank the member for that observation.ThanksClaims · 57 wordsThat is part of the problem we have.The government has introduced, over this last five to 10 years, bills that basically give more and more leniency than the expectations of citizens and people in our country to obey the laws of our land, treat other people with respect and not create scenarios where violence is allowed.Positioning · 11 wordsIt is not only allowed but also seems to be encouraged.PositioningClaims · 32 words“Poison pill” is something we use in the House to describe the Liberal government’s legislation over and over again.As a matter of fact, my constituents are starting to use this term, Reasoning · 36 wordsbecause they see the good in a bill, but then they recognize when something has been interjected that is contrary to the value of a bill and is going to harm citizens rather than protect them.
