“Mr. Speaker, let me first thank the member opposite for his years of dedication and service. My father was a police officer for Peel Regional Police for 30 years, and I deeply respect our members of all police forces. The law enforcement leaders in our communities on the front lines have been asking us for additional tools. The tough-on-crime agenda the Conservatives purport to support every single day in this House is all predicated on this idea that if only we had tougher laws and tougher penalties for serious crimes, everything would get better. The member opposite seems to lay blame at the feet of the forces that he was once a part of. It sounds to me like he does not care about changing the law and thinks that having tougher penalties does not matter. Can he speak to whether he thinks—”
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 5 wordsthat is a good question.ProcedureClaims · 37 wordsI would say that, yes, there is a lack of courage and a degree of timidity among the ranks, especially the higher ranks, not the frontline folks.They are ready to do the work they are assigned, Reasoning · 25 wordsbut one has to have the courage to do what needs to be done.Courage has to be shown by prosecutors, as well as judges.Claims · 56 wordsWhen somebody drops the ball, it is not a judge who goes to a mic and answers questions, or a Crown prosecutor for that matter.The guy who is left holding the bag is the police officer, who has to explain why the judge made a certain decision or why the Crown prosecutor did not proceed.Positioning · 15 wordsThese are the challenges that our friends from the opposite side are not quite getting.Positioning
