Controlled Drugs And Substances Act   of the day enacted the Narcotic Control Act. In 1961 and 1969, Parliament passed Parts III and IV in essence, much of our existing legislative framework is now more than 30 years old. Furthermore, as signatory to three international agreements on the illegal drug trade, Canada

Controlled Drugs And Substances Act   rehabilitating people found in possession of drugs. In particular, this bill aims at suppressing the drug trade. While it provides for the imposition of fines for possession of narcotics, there is no mention of providing access to rehabilitation programs. The focus of Bill C-7 is controlling

Supply   of that amount taken in a token bid of restitution. No matter how small the amount is, they should have that reminder of accountability. At the other end of the scale there are individuals who have been involved in very profitable criminal activity. The illicit drug trade and some commercial

Supply  . Without this support we cannot present a strong and united front in solving the difficult problems that touch us all, whether our efforts are directed at family violence, youth at risk, illiteracy, high risk offenders stemming from the drug trade or eliminating hate crime. Crime

Justice  Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice. Last week the media in British Columbia reported two instances of a disturbing trend in the drug trade. In Nanaimo, an undercover RCMP officer went to a residence to make a drug buy. While the suspect was not home

Controlled Drugs And Substances Act   with a quantity exceeding three kilos. This change might embolden what is happening on the street, especially in our high schools, and result in an increase in the drug trade. Traffickers will think that the law is getting soft. How much is three kilos? It is three bricks, three bundles

Controlled Drugs And Substances Act   constituents, troubles me. The use of illicit drugs has eaten away at the fabric of our society like a leprous plague. The illicit drug trade and those who live off its avails exact a heavy toll. They prey on that segment of our population that is most vulnerable, our youth, a prime target

Controlled Drugs And Substances Act   and the sale of drugs in school yards. Bill C-7 is a comprehensive drug strategy and a major improvement from existing laws. There is, however, one aspect of the modern drug trade that is not covered. I would like to see the bill amended to close this loophole. I am talking about the use

Witness Protection Act   and heroin is the best example with extremely well financed, well organized and ruthless cartels manipulating the international drug trade. Underlying all of these criminal enterprises are two common denominators: violence and intimidation. Violence and intimidation are used to enforce

Young Offenders Act  . A subcommittee will do a safety audit. They might see that a telephone booth is in a dark area where the drug trade is going on. There might be a lot of prostitution in that corner, a lot of fights break out, et cetera. They report back to the full committee. A phone call goes to Bell

Arms Sales   witnesses. It came out that some of these helicopters will be used to fight the drug trade which is affecting our society in Canada. The hon. member also knows the country has just gone through an earthquake so these helicopters will come in handy for rescue and humanitarian relief.

Criminal Code   with some tools to combat crime in the streets, to reduce the drug trade, to prevent the violent sex offender from threatening the community. We can all get up and recite horror stories one after another. Is this going to prevent an increase in crime? I would like to ask the hon. member

Immigration   in the drug trade. As a result the Vietnamese community asked me to set up a meeting with the RCMP and all levels of government to discuss the issue, which we did. Is the minister of immigration prepared to accept an invitation to meet with the Vietnamese Canadian community in my riding

Criminal Code   which has been going on for several months in the Montreal region and which is related to control of the drug trade. Since the conflicts between various trafficking groups are escalating, will the Minister of Justice amend the Criminal Code to include specific anti-gang provisions?

Explosives Act   to terrorists? The federal government has no answer to this question. However, we do know that Canada is used by many criminal organizations as a convenient gateway to North America. This is true, for instance, in the case of organizations linked to the drug trade. It is common knowledge