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Justice Mr. Speaker, certainly with respect to Wynn's law, the private member's bill the member is referring to, we want to acknowledge and recognize the suffering that has been caused with respect to the loss in Alberta. We are committed to reforming the criminal justice system to impr
January 30th, 2017House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Justice Mr. Speaker, again, I am pleased to speak about the mandate that the Prime Minister has given me to comprehensively reform the criminal justice system to improve the efficiencies and effectiveness of the criminal justice system, including bail reform. I acknowledge the hon. col
January 30th, 2017House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Justice Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand in the House to acknowledge receipt of the task force report, the substantive amount of work that it did, and also to acknowledge my parliamentary secretary, the member for Scarborough Southwest, for his work. We look forward to reviewing the
December 13th, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Justice Mr. Speaker, certainly I recognize the pain caused to Constable Wynn's family and his colleagues within the RCM Police. I want to say that I am committed to modernizing and improving the efficiencies and effectiveness of the criminal justice system. Our government supports the bi
December 12th, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Justice Mr. Speaker, again, I recognize the pain that was caused to Constable Wynn's family and to his colleagues within the RCMP. In terms of this bill, I want to reference a report that was released following the Alberta's comprehensive bail review that was initiated after the death o
December 12th, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Justice Mr. Speaker, I certainly recognize the tragic circumstances with respect to Constable Wynn, and sympathies go out to the family. In terms of what we are doing, we are doing a review of the criminal justice system. We are working in a comprehensive and concerted way with the pro
December 5th, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Ethics Mr. Speaker, I rise again to answer these allegations. To be clear, I have not seen the task force report. I will receive the task force report in the middle of December, along with my ministerial colleagues, along with every member of the House, along with the public. We will th
December 5th, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Ethics Mr. Speaker, again, this gives me an opportunity to rise to recognize that the task force submitted the report on November 30. That report is being translated. I have not seen the report, nor has anyone else among my ministerial colleagues. The report will be presented in the mid
December 5th, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Marijuana Mr. Speaker, to reiterate, our government is committed to legalization, strict regulation, and restricting access to marijuana to keep it out of the hands of children and the profits out of the hands of criminals. As the member opposite actually once said, it would be a mistake t
December 5th, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Marijuana Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to speak again about our commitment to legalize marijuana with strict access and strict regulation. I am looking forward to receiving the report from the task force, which will contain recommendations about how we can move forward on thi
December 5th, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Justice Mr. Speaker, looking comprehensively at reform to the criminal justice system is a priority of mine, as instructed by the Prime Minister. I have been engaging across the country with my colleagues in the provinces and territories, and I will continue to do so to ensure that we fi
December 1st, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Justice Mr. Speaker, I am very proud of the reorganization and the new process that we put in place, not only for the Supreme Court of Canada, but with respect to the appointments of superior court justices. I was very proud as well to appoint 39 superior court judges across the country.
December 1st, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Ethics Mr. Speaker, any irregularities in the market, the member should know, are monitored and regulated by the Ontario Securities Commission. I want to reiterate once again that I have not seen this report. There is no evidence that this report has been leaked. My ministerial collea
December 1st, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Ethics Mr. Speaker, I will get up again and address this somewhat absurd line of questioning. There is no evidence that this report has been leaked. I, to be clear, have not seen the report, nor has anyone. I will see the report once it is translated, along with every member in the Hous
December 1st, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal
Ethics Mr. Speaker, I would like to make it very clear that neither I nor my ministerial colleagues have seen this report. This was confirmed by the chair of the task force yesterday. The report was not available. The member should know that capital markets are strictly regulated, and
December 1st, 2016House debate
Jody Wilson-RaybouldLiberal