Public Safety Committee on April 3rd, 2012
Evidence of meeting #33 for Public Safety and National Security in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was complaints.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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MPs speaking
Also speaking
- Jay Pyke Warden, Kingston Penitentiary, Correctional Service of Canada
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Conservative
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Liberal
Francis Scarpaleggia Lac-Saint-Louis, QC
Yes, Mr. Chair, that's your ruling.
I think the question was a good-faith question. It was to say, well, what are the safeguards in the case of somebody being labelled a vexatious complainant, and then 99.9% of the time—
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Conservative
The Chair Kevin Sorenson
Okay. I think I'm getting the point.
I think the question has come up, but maybe not so much as a direct quote, that “this is what would happen”. The question has come up, so just as long as you know and Ms. Hoeppner knows that it wasn't as a matter of fact that this is exactly what will happen.... But it was questioned as to whether or not it could happen.
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Conservative
Candice Bergen Portage—Lisgar, MB
Mr. Chair, thank you very much, but I do.... I've been at every one of these meetings.
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Conservative
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Conservative
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An hon. member
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Conservative
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Liberal
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Conservative
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Candice Bergen Portage—Lisgar, MB
Thank you very much.
I can read it. He said:
What happens if you have somebody who hasn't been acting in good faith, as you say, and they're labelled a vexatious complainant, and then a couple of days later a guard does something? Knowing that the person has been labelled and their hands are now tied, a guard decides to take advantage of the situation and really give it to the offender.
And I—