Finance committee  Not working in that world right now and not having that high-level intelligence available, I can only say that the drug trade is alive and well. Afghan heroin is flowing over here. Somebody is putting it out, and in a lot of our communities, as you well know, organized crime

Drug-Free Prisons Act   can actually find ways to cut the recidivism rates and ensure that we are pulling people out of the prison system and out of the nightmare of drug addiction and drug trading. I have seen a few really good models at the grassroots level of how we could actually be smart on crime

Drug-Free Prisons Act   to measure the overall effectiveness of its investments. With respect to performance indicators and public reporting, a more balanced score sheet might include consideration of these measures: Decreased gang activity linked to the institutional drug trade. Reduction in the number

Drug-Free Prisons Act   involved in the drug trade, and also to be able to stop it by going after the gangs who are trading in fentanyl patches?

Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   for Canadians but also to help those countries develop their economies and societies. I share concerns that people in the House have expressed, from all parties sometimes, about some of the challenges faced in these countries in the past and present. The drug trade is an example. If we do

Respect for Communities Act   additional programs, other than being complicit in the illicit drug trade. Why does the member want to be complicit in the illegal drug trade?

Public Safety committee  Yes, sir. Some of our primary jobs are looking for contraband, looking for drugs, interviewing inmates, and finding out what's going on in the jail, who's running the drug trade, who's running those things. That's most of our day. So more tools certainly are welcome. We're

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Okay. In regard to your comments of the military police being used more and more for routine policing, I'm curious about all of these moves that you're mentioning. Have you been aware of how the government is justifying these moves? Are they using the drug trade to justify

International Trade committee  I am getting to my question. We heard testimony in this committee, even today, that this region suffers from a chronic drug trade that's going on in Central America, and that various governments are working with Panama and other governments to somehow prevent this drug trade

International Trade committee   opportunities to that country, and that should, over the very long run, provide alternatives to the drug trade to the Panamanians who are currently caught up in that trade. Now, with respect to whether there are specific provisions in the agreement that take into account issues to do

Public Safety committee  Okay. With that, Mr. Berner, last week we heard testimony about the area around Insite specifically, which goes out several blocks. They talked about—to your comment—inappropriately discarded drug litter. We heard comments about attracting a drug trade down into the area that's

Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act   is that person would not stay in jail for five years because he or she would likely be dead before that. The problem is we are about to enter into an agreement with a country with a large part of its economic basis being the drug trade. How is it that we are opposed to the drug trade when

Canada-Panama Economic Growth and Prosperity Act  Mr. Speaker, in fact, the drug trade in Mexico for many years was in significant decline. Certainly legitimate trade between Canada and Mexico within NAFTA has grown significantly and continues to grow. However, the member is quite right. In recent years, the growth of the drug

Safer Witnesses Act   of removing criminals from our streets and making our communities safer. In many cases, these individuals often had inside knowledge about organized crime syndicates or the illicit drug trade because they themselves were involved with these elements. The information they provided

International Trade committee  I believe I referred to the situation in Mexico in my presentation. Human Rights Watch is saying there is a human rights crisis in Mexico. The drug trade and the drug traffickers have taken over huge swaths of the country. Massacres are an almost daily occurrence—17 bodies found