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 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

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

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

International Trade committee  . NAFTA proponents promised technology and capital that would modernize the Mexican economy, leading to industrialization and increased productivity and competitiveness. Wages would rise, creating economic alternatives to involvement in the drug trade, and would slow migration

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   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

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

Safer Witnesses Act   on organized crime. We can see that the witness protection program is tightly associated with the rise or further expansion of organized crime, specifically in relation to the drug trade. There were protective measures for those who co-operated with law enforcement in the provinces. Some

Public Safety committee  . Unfortunately, some of these people are themselves involved in the drug trade and have imported their criminal behaviour with them. Operating out of our small-town community, an hour north of the international border, a robust trafficking operation was flourishing. A joint project resulted

Public Safety committee  The report covers a wide variety of factors that have contributed to that $500 million, but part of it is addressing crimes that traditionally have fallen under federal jurisdiction: things like cybercrime, gun smuggling, the drug trade, and so on. As a result of funding changes