Safe Streets and Communities Act   and to prevent the proliferation of drugs in our society. However, there is another view, and we heard that in committee from witnesses from the Canadian Bar Association, people who have a great deal of history and experience with the drug trade and criminal law generally. They suggested

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for being here today. It's very much appreciated. In the organized crime relative to the drug trade, is there a visible connection to the police? Witnesses we've had here before have actually told us that the military was closer to the people

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act   will have any of the effects they claim it will. There was an absolute inability by the Minister of Justice to provide one study that backs up that mandatory minimum sentences have any positive effect whatsoever on the illegal drug trade, that they have any effect whatsoever

International Trade committee   of the drug trade. Something we have not discussed in this meeting thus far is the drug trade; the drug trade is a big problem in Colombia. The biggest drug cartel in the world happens to be FARC, and this happened over the last 15 to 20 years. Originally FARC was a guerrilla group

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  , there have been journalists in Colombia who have expressed concern about President Uribe's links from the very beginning with the drug trade. When Conservatives stand in this House and say that they are opposed to the drug trade, to cocaine use and at the same time push

Justice committee   flourished. That underscores the concerns we have that we're going down the road others have gone on. We're going to have people.... The complexities of the drug trade, we understand that. There are people at the top who are making the organized efforts, and they're the ones who

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  , anywhere from six months to three years, are by and large users of drugs, whether marijuana or stronger drugs, who have gotten caught up in the whole cycle, the whole under-life of the drug trade, and who are in fact trafficking in order to feed their habit. I think it is appropriate

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to have this opportunity to speak in the report stage debate on an act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, which pertains mainly to the establishment of mandatory minimum sentences related to drug trafficking and the drug trade. We

Justice committee   Coalition. I will keep my comments to those sections of Bill C-10 that are directly or indirectly related to drug policy issues. The coalition is made up of civil society organizations from across the country that work to reduce harms from substance use and the drug trade in Canada

Special Committee on Indigenous Women committee   from this illicit drug trade. Collectively these actions are contributing to increased awareness and to safer and healthier communities through coordinated efforts to prevent drug use, and reduce the production and distribution of illicit drugs across Canada. The aboriginal shield

International Trade committee   and increasingly so. I'm wondering, then, given those links with the drug trade, both as part of Mr. Uribe’s career, but also today, with the representatives of the Uribe regime who are linked to paramilitaries, and the known links between the paramilitaries and the drug trade, if one

International Trade committee   sector, what would you propose they do? Or would you just suggest they go into the drug trade? Have you done any analysis of forced displacement by the drug trade, or some comparative analysis so we have an idea of who the players really are and who is really doing the forced

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Durham for his service. The Royal Canadian Navy has done incredible work in disrupting the illegal drug trade in the Indian Ocean. In the past few weeks, HMCS Toronto stopped and boarded ships, and recovered over 1,100 kilograms of heroin

Government Operations committee   the legislation they can make these provisions applicable in all cases. If you've already signed a contract and you are then convicted of fraud or bribery or collusion or drug trade, I find it unbelievable that you then say, "Oh, well. Too bad. We will monitor you in the future." I wonder

Safer Witnesses Act   of the country. We see it in the drug trade, in general. We also we see it in other security-type activities and very significant terrorist measures, such as the actions in the Air India disaster and the need for a strong witness protection program to fully prosecute those guilty of engaging