Discussion · Government Orders
Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay Bloc Québécois
“My amendment does not give people total freedom of choice. It means not every case must be moved automatically. We would usually move them to civilian courts, but experts could choose to keep a case in the military system if that is best.”
“Mr. Speaker, it never ceases to amaze me how my colleague opposite never listens. He gets up, walks around, talks and then asks a question that I already answered in my speech. We have come to expect it. As I said, this is not about complete freedom of choice. The amendment known as BQ‑2 did not involve complete freedom of choice. What the amendment said is that not every case needs to be automatically transferred. Our initial response would be to transfer these cases, but if experts and the civilian system consider it advisable to keep them in the military system, that would be allowed. That is all. I will close by saying that Justice Arbour could have come and testified, as she was also invited to do.”
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Mr. Speaker, it never ceases to amaze me how my colleague opposite never listens. He gets up, walks around, talks and then asks a question that I already answered in my speech. We have come to expect it. As I said, this is not about complete freedom of choice. The amendment known as BQ‑2 did not involve complete freedom of choice. What the amendment said is that not every case needs to be automatically transferred. Our initial response would be to transfer these cases, but if experts and the civilian system consider it advisable to keep them in the military system, that would be allowed. That is all. I will close by saying that Justice Arbour could have come and testified, as she was also invited to do.