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Justice November 29th, 2001
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government made it legal in Canada to have sex with children as young as 14 years of age.
Federal child pornography legislation was sidelined as a result of the Sharpe decision about five years ago.
Laws prohibiting the luring of children and child pornography over the Internet have yet to be enacted. Why will the justice minister not protect our children?
Justice November 29th, 2001
Mr. Speaker, the government has failed to charge eight Canadians suspected of distributing child pornography.
According to an international agency mandated to end the sexual exploitation of children, the Liberal government has failed to keep its promise to set up a national plan to fight child prostitution and abuse.
I ask the Minister of Justice, why has the government failed to eradicate the sexual exploitation of children?
Penitentiaries November 28th, 2001
Mr. Speaker, these are not cheap political shots. It is an injustice to have a cop killer housed in a medium resort and then moved to another medium resort.
Clinton Suzack's heinous crime, extensive criminal record, progressively violent behaviour, parole violations and a classification as a high-risk inmate clearly define the sadistic killer as a dangerous offender. Suzack should never have been transferred to William Head and subsequently moved to a medium security installation.
Will the government see that Suzack is immediately put back in a maximum security facility where he belongs?
Penitentiaries November 28th, 2001
Mr. Speaker, Mission, a medium security facility, is “a major feeder institution for minimum security and day parole centres”. Members will not find this information on the CSC website. It would have been there a few days ago but it was conveniently removed yesterday, as was all information regarding the resort of all, William Head. Both these institutions housed cop killer Clinton Suzack.
I ask the solicitor general: why the cover-up? Why has it been removed from the website? Why is it the government does not want the Canadian public to know about these two institutions?
Justice November 27th, 2001
Mr. Speaker, we have been standing in the House for three or four days begging the government to do it and it said there was no need to do it because he was in the proper place. I thank him for at least doing that.
His criminal record is long: six counts of assault causing bodily harm, one count of aggravated assault, eight convictions for assault, all committed prior to the brutal murder of Joe MacDonald, the on duty constable. He was on the run when he killed the cop. Obviously he is a dangerous offender.
Will he immediately put him in a max--
Justice November 27th, 2001
Mr. Speaker, we have learned from sources that as a result of public outrage, pressure put on by the official opposition and a Sun media exposé of his extensive criminal record and violent behaviour, cop killer, Clinton Suzack, has now been moved from club med, the resort of all penitentiaries, to a medium security facility.
Could the solicitor general confirm whether this is true? Has Suzack been moved into a medium security penitentiary?
Anti-terrorism Act November 27th, 2001
Mr. Speaker, a lot of legislation that is coming out of the justice department is legendary for being challenged in the courts.
Section 4.1 of the Department of Justice Act obliges the Minister of Justice to examine every bill produced in or presented to the House of Commons by the minister of the crown in order to ascertain whether any of the provisions thereof are inconsistent with the purposes and provisions of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Furthermore the Minister of Justice is required to report any inconsistency to the House of Commons at the first convenient opportunity. What the government has done is taken another method for checking whether it is consistent. Debate in the House brings forward concerns that every party would have and time allocation has been put on it.
Despite that obligation, we have seen that many other bills have ended up in the courts: Bill C-68, Bill C-41, the rape shield law--
Justice November 22nd, 2001
Mr. Speaker, that is no answer. Corrections Services Canada is an example of a failed policy here.
Yesterday the solicitor general said that the placement of criminals is not a decision made by politicians. However the solicitor general is not only a politician, he is Canada's top cop. Ultimately, he is responsible for the safety and security of all Canadians inasmuch as he is responsible for Correctional Service Canada. Therefore, not if but when Suzack walks away from this club fed and kills or injures again the solicitor general will be to blame.
I ask the solicitor general--
Justice November 22nd, 2001
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the solicitor general said that he would not discuss the specifics of the case regarding cop killer Clinton Suzack. Well I can discuss the specifics and tell the House that Joe MacDonald, the Ontario constable, was shot execution style in the back of his head, not once but twice after his leg had been broken and he was rendered helpless.
I ask the solicitor general if, in his opinion, a cop killer should be in a medium security institution, a club fed of prison, so to speak, after serving six years of a life sentence, yes or no.
Justice November 21st, 2001
Mr. Speaker, clearly the specifics of this case is that justice is not being served. Killers, especially those who have killed police officers, should be held accountable for their criminal actions, a concept that Correctional Service Canada is ignoring, a concept that the solicitor general has obviously failed to embrace.
Will the solicitor general ensure that justice is served and that the life of constable Joe MacDonald, the Ontario police officer who was murdered in the line of duty, is properly honoured? Will he return Suzack to a maximum security penitentiary where he belongs?