“We passed laws to protect victims and reform bail to stop violent incidents. These laws took effect in July. Now the provinces need to enforce them.”

“Mr. Speaker, because we are so concerned about incidents such as this, we put forward the Protecting Victims Act in Bill C-16, and we put forward the bail reform legislation. It all passed in June. Those laws have been implemented starting July 15, but it is the job of the provinces to make sure they are applying these pieces of legislation. The changes have gone into effect in the code. It is time for the provinces to catch up.”

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“We made our criminal laws tougher, increased sentences, and made bail harder for repeat offenders. Now the provinces need to enforce these changes.”

“Mr. Speaker, the federal government is responsible for the Criminal Code of Canada. We have made an unprecedented number of changes to stiffen our laws, to make sure criminals will serve longer sentences and so repeat offenders do not get bail, but it is the job of the provinces to apply these new changes. I hope the provinces will catch up.”

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“We added rules to this bill to address partner violence involving strangulation, because it leads to more violence later. We have acted, and now the provinces must fund and enforce these laws.”

“Mr. Speaker, if my hon. colleague had actually read the legislation that we put forward, he would know that, on the advice of the provincial government in British Columbia, we added specific provisions to address cases of intimate partner violence that involve strangulation, because we know and accept that it is predictive of future violence. When we adapt these laws, we expect provinces to put them into action by appropriately resourcing the system and those who are appointed to make decisions to put these rules into force. Tragic circumstances such as these can motivate change. We have taken action, and we are looking forward to seeing the changes implemented by the people within positions—”

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“I have read this bill. The member and I worked together across party lines to rewrite it. We worked with Bailey McCourt's family to protect future victims of partner violence. I liked how we worked together, and it is a shame that teamwork has ended.”

“Mr. Speaker, the member questions whether I read his bill. He should know very well that I have, because we worked together across partisan lines to rewrite that bill. He should know that we worked together with family members in the tragic circumstances of Bailey McCourt’s murder to ensure that she did not die in vain, and to change the law in this country to protect future victims of intimate partner violence and murder against harms we know are preventable. I appreciated the member’s non-partisan spirit of collaboration. It is a shame that it seems to have come to an end.”