Sean Fraser

[Justice, June 12th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, let me condemn, in the harshest possible terms, sexual crimes committed against children. As a former prosecutor, I am sure my hon. colleague would know that the law on the books today actually holds a mandatory minimum penalty of one year's imprisonment for these types of heinous crimes. I hope that this does not become a bipartisan issue. We want to work together to implement reforms, not only to punish heinous crimes but to prevent these harms from becoming a lifetime problem for vulnerable children.

[Questions on the Order Paper, June 9th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.

[Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26, June 9th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the supplementary estimates (A), 2025-26.

[Public Safety, June 6th, 2025]

Madam Speaker, the hon. member is right to raise concern around crimes involving sexual violence, but his solution is to repeal a law that makes it tougher for people who have committed acts of intimate partner violence to escape bail and return to our communities. That is a nonsensical approach.

In the months ahead, we are going to be moving forward with legislative reforms that are going to make it harder to get bail for people who commit violent acts, for people who are engaged in auto theft, home invasion and human trafficking, and tougher sentences for violent repeat offenders. We need to be smart. We need to look at the facts, and we need to make sure we understand the laws that we are putting forward or, as the member suggests, we would take off the books.

[Justice, June 6th, 2025]

Madam Speaker, this case raises important questions. I think it is important for the federal government to participate.

The member is talking about costs, but it is important to realize that there are a lot of expenses. For departmental employees, it is always very important to keep protecting charter rights while respecting provincial jurisdictions.

[Public Safety, June 3rd, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the member on rising in the House for the first time and on his recent election.

There is something that we agree on: Repeat violent offenders should have a harder time getting out on bail. However, what is interesting is that when he cites a very specific instance, where he is dealing with somebody who could potentially be released for committing intimate partner violence, he then criticizes the very law that makes it harder for that person to get bail.

We are going to move forward with new reforms that make a stricter bail regime for violent home invasion, for people who participate in auto theft and for people who are engaged in human trafficking. I hope the Conservatives will vote in favour of strengthening the bail regime.

[Public Safety, June 3rd, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, obviously, when we hear the details of such a horrific crime as the member has shared, we know that this is not a partisan issue. All members of the House care equally about the well-being and safety of Canadians and believe that Canadians should feel safe in their communities.

What is clear, though, is that the member has not even read the legislation that he criticizes in the House, for if he did, he would know that he is advocating to make it easier for people who commit intimate partner violence to get out on bail.

It is important we deal with details and facts in the House. I encourage the member to read the legislation, for once, before he forms an opinion.

[Public Safety, June 3rd, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, dangerous people who commit violent crimes should be treated with serious consequences. That is why we are putting new measures in place to strengthen the bail regime, including for auto theft, including for home invasions, including for human trafficking. We are also introducing stiffer penalties for serious repeat violent offenders.

We are going to work with facts and reason. I hope that when we advance these measures to help protect the communities, we garner the support of the Conservative Party.

[Public Safety, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, I will take a moment to thank my constituents for returning me to the House of Commons for the fourth time. I am rising for the first time as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

When I was talking to people during the campaign back home, they said when dangerous people commit serious crimes and pose a threat to public safety, they should face serious consequences. We have listened to them and are moving forward with stronger bail provisions for auto theft, for home invasions and for drug trafficking. We are also going to advance stronger sentences for serious crimes and for repeat offenders.

We are going to do what it takes to ensure that Canadians can feel safe in their communities and be safe in their communities.

[Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, December 17th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, this may be the last opportunity I have to answer a question in the House of Commons as a minister. I want to take an opportunity to give my thanks to everybody back home in my community and to all members of the House, on both sides of the aisle, for an opportunity to engage in debate over the years and to put competing ideas on the table.

When it comes to the way that caucuses should operate, I would remind my hon. colleague, as one of the people who has written to advocate for his community to receive funding through the housing accelerator fund, that he has now been banned by his own leader to continue to advocate on behalf of the good people of St. Albert—Edmonton.

It has been an honour to serve. I look forward to what the future may hold.

I want to say congratulations to a term well served by all colleagues.