Mr. Speaker, I invite the Minister of Justice to listen to the following quotation: “while the federal government is using the overrepresentation of indigenous peoples and people of diverse backgrounds in our prisons to justify abolishing many minimum sentences, it seems to forget one important fact: Members of these same communities are equally overrepresented among the victims of these armed crimes”.
This quotation came from Murielle Chatellier, who is a member of Montreal's Black community.
Would the Prime Minister like to discuss Bill C-5 with her, or does he think she is racist, too?