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Question period dealt with public safety matters. Conservative members asked the government to release a memorandum of understanding on security co-operation with China, saying the Prime Minister had called Beijing Canada’s greatest security threat before signing it, and pressed for answers on foreign interference. The Liberal minister said Canada has had similar agreements with China since 2010, none of which have been made public, and that the government follows the advice of intelligence and law enforcement agencies before releasing sensitive documents. Other Conservative members raised home invasions and repeat offenders, calling on the government to keep such offenders in jail. The Liberal ministers replied that the government has introduced a number of public safety bills to toughen bail and sentencing, that provinces need to fund their courts properly, and said the Conservatives are holding up a bill that would give police more tools; the Lawful Access Act, 2026, on police access to electronic data, was referred to in this connection.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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