Corrections and Conditional Release Act  And I too, Mr. Speaker, would like to allow him to finish his speech without being interrupted. Members will find that the member for Charlottetown is being very relevant to the bill. He started off by talking about the bill and the priorities of the government, referring to—

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, in an appeal process, whether here or in other areas, one must go through steps. The member made reference to the commissioner as being the final step, and she seems to have a lot of statistical information available. I am assuming that as people go through the step

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Mr. Speaker, the most important thing is that we recognize that each situation needs to stand on its own merit. There has to be an understanding of the actual situation. In some situations it would be ill-advised for someone even to attempt to make a citizen's arrest. In other si

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Mr. Speaker, we do recognize that there have been some significant changes. That is why I am somewhat optimistic with the member's comments in terms of the bill going to committee. We might be able to make it better. We will have to wait and see. The member said that the governm

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Mr. Speaker, with this particular bill, we need to acknowledge that the citizens of our country do have a role to play when it comes to complementing that sense of security in our communities. Community policing is one of the ways in which we try to reach into our communities in

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree with the comment by the member for Kitchener—Conestoga. I think his point is this is a bill that he would like to ultimately see passed, even if there is a need to make some changes, and the government is open to some changes at committee. That is the reason

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Mr. Speaker, I was encouraged by the question from the member of the Conservative Party. It is always nice when a member stands and indicates that he or she would like to get feedback to get a better understanding. However, I think most members in the chamber would recognize th

Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence Act  Mr. Speaker, the principle of citizen's arrest has widespread support. I have found that there seems to be a growing interest and members of our community want to be more engaged. There are law officers who go to local communities and encourage responsible behaviour. This will li

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. For clarification, what happened with Motion No. 35?

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, one of the concerns that we in the Liberal Party have expressed is that we want as much as possible to prevent crimes from taking place. I appreciate the member's comments. I would be interested in hearing what he might have to say in regard to issues such as commun

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Madam Speaker, the minister needs to have a reality check. What we are really debating is that the government has brought in an omnibus bill that could have very easily been eight or nine separate pieces of legislation. Now, today, we have a motion that will restrict debate to

Employment Insurance Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to get a little more clarity on that issue. Maybe the best way to do that is to give a tangible example. If John Doe collects employment benefits today and for whatever reason is remanded into custody and it takes two or three months to ultimately go

Safe Streets and Communites Act  Mr. Speaker, we recognize that we have provincial governments and we have many professionals across Canada who have expressed great concern in regard to Bill C-10. Close to one third of our chamber, I believe, is made up of new members of Parliament. Yet, we just had the governme

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, I was a provincial justice critic for many years. One of the biggest things we wanted to establish was that the best way to fight crime and prevent crime was to invest money up front. Investing money up front in programs that will steer people away from committing cr

Safe Streets and Communities Act  Mr. Speaker, Gary Kowalski was a wonderful police officer. He and I served in the Manitoba legislature. Gary Kowalski said that if we wanted to deal with youth, we should get involved in youth justice committees. That way, we would be able to deal with preventing crimes. In the