Safer Witnesses Act   invested in more police officers. We decided we would make sure there would be the resources to crack down on crime when we go forward with the initiative for cracking down on crime. We increased the number of border security people to crack down on the gun trade and the drug trade

Safer Witnesses Act   of those specific crimes. One of the defining characteristics of organized crime groups and the gangs that run the illicit drug trade is their closed nature, which makes traditional investigative methods very difficult. As such, law enforcement often relies on the help it receives

Safer Witnesses Act   is vital. The end goal is to remove criminals from our streets and indeed make our communities safer. In many cases, these individuals have inside knowledge about organized crime syndicates or the illicit drug trade because they themselves are involved in these elements

Ending Conditional Sentences for Property and Other Serious Crimes Act   streets this year. This gang warfare appears to be fuelled mostly by the illicit drug trade as rival gangs battle for a share of the profits. As I am sure all members can appreciate, my constituents are upset and concerned about the extreme violence in our normally peaceful community

Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act   trade and drug gangs in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, which has been particularly subject to the murders and violence that come with the drug trade. Yet they are endorsing an administration that was elected on drug trade money, an administration that according

International Trade committee  You referred to the drug trade and the violence caused by the drug trade in Colombia. Why do you believe that people get involved in the drug trade?

International Trade committee  , jobs, and growth require peace and stability. For one example, the activities of organized criminal networks, including the illicit drug trade and associated violence in some countries in the Americas, threaten security and good governance and make it difficult to maintain

Justice committee   in a gang increases the risk of violence to an individual and even the risk of death. The criminal organizations and gangs of course advance their own financial goals. Their greed leads them into the drug trade and into prostitution. It leads them into smuggling guns. This provides

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, their law and order agenda is “talk, talk and talk some more, and pass the bill on to the provinces.” By abolishing the police officer recruitment fund, the Conservatives are telling Quebec to go it alone in its fight against street gangs and the drug trade. Even

Public Safety committee   trade or addicts. Organized crime now flourishes on the drug trade, and it has surpassed all others with its immense profits. Two, criminals do not obtain firearms licences and they do not register their very disposable firearms. They could not care less about the rules. What

Public Safety committee   infiltrate the world of organized crime and gather vital information to reduce and disrupt the illegal drug trade. The Safer Witnesses Act will encourage a more streamlined approach to witness protection between the federal and provincial or territorial governments, as well as between

Justice committee   than one woman. We also know, however, that some of those deaths are drug trade deaths, not serial killer deaths. The drug trade has become more cruel and more vicious. Again, we see many young men being killed in Edmonton. We also see that a number of the young women have been

Controlled Drugs and Substances Act   way, is not going to have the effect of reducing organized crime in Canada. As its first principle, we must all agree to that. The organized crime intervention within the drug trade is causing ruination and havoc within our communities. We must do away with the concept and idea

Aviation Safety  , will end at the end of March this year. I do not know how much community consultation took place or what security arrangements were made instead. Certainly Kelowna is an area where local law enforcement worries about a drug trade that goes through the Kelowna airport, heading

Finance committee   the use of tax havens. Jailing the street-level drug dealer for a few more years will do nothing to curb the drug trade if tax havens are free to help ensure that crime pays, at least for the kingpins. By making it easier for larger companies and wealthy individuals to avoid paying