“Mr. Speaker, I appreciated the speech from one of the most knowledgeable members of the House. He spends more time in this room than anybody I know and really does understand how this place works. He mentioned the lawful access bill, which was delayed by the Conservatives until they kind of came around and, I suppose, were convinced, maybe by their constituents or perhaps by law enforcement officials who were asking us to deliver on that. However, they slowed that legislation down. Could the member please inform Canadians and the House how a change to our committee structure to better reflect the composition of Parliament would allow us to advance legislation that Canadians, law enforcement and officials require for their work?”
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 16 wordsI truly appreciate the question.I think that is the core of it for me, personally.ProcedureClaims · 44 wordsWe have had discussions related to lawful access virtually since last June.1It was a priority for the Prime Minister.It deals with things like child sexual exploitation, severe repeat crimes and organized crime.It deals with issues like extortion, public safety and terrorism.Reasoning · 31 wordsThere is absolutely no reason we could not have had that healthy discussion in committees and seen the legislation passed out of committee, even in some sort of an amended form, Positioning · 14 wordsbut that was not possible because the Conservatives refused to allow it to proceed.2Positioning
