“I like your speech. This bill is pretty good. It helps victims of deepfakes. Opposition parties tried to make it better. Their ideas were good. The committee said no. More punishment would be good. This bill is still better than nothing. Can't we just pass this now and improve it later? That seems like a good plan.”
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A bill with various measures aimed at better protecting victims of crime and violence, especially intimate partner and sexual violence. It would make coercive control of intimate partners a crime, create a specific offence of femicide (the killing of women and girls), allow courts to consider whether a homicide is femicide or a hate crime when sentencing, expand the criminal prohibition on distributing intimate images without consent, criminalize distributing depictions of bestiality, enable shorter sentences than the mandatory minimums in cases where the mandatory minimum would be 'cruel and unusual punishment', and more. In debate, Liberal MPs expressed the bill's urgency and highlighted its historic nature. Conservatives were skeptical, worried the bill may be designed to fail. One Conservative MP argued mandatory minimums do prevent crime by incapacitating criminals. Bloc MPs were supportive but raised concerns about abusive legal defense tactics causing trial delays. Many MPs shared personal anecdotes of gender-based violence in their communities.
“I'm filling time by asking which day is the allotted day next week. Monday or Tuesday?”
“I'm just trying to be polite and smooth things over after my mistake.”
“I'm pretending to be very upset that the government isn't debating this more. I don't like the government's ideas. I want them to consider my ideas instead.”
“There's a problem in my riding. The justice system needs more money. Will this bill spend more to fix it?”
“This bill throws good words around like respect and fairness. I like that, who wouldn't? But I'm not seeing the part where it actually stops court delays. Delays are bad for victims, right? So if the government actually wants to help victims, what will it do right now to move faster?”
“What exactly will this bill make Internet providers do to stop child exploitation? It's a serious problem. I want to hear the details of your solution.”
“I also care about violence. But the system is slow. We need more judges. Liberals can blame provinces but they are responsible for federal judges. Appoint more judges!”
“You Conservatives don't like gun control. Do you think this gun control change is reasonable?”