An act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act   of right. The parliamentary secretary said we would make it explicit that subsection 8(3) now applies to these offences that have been moved outside of the property section. Subsection 8(3) has always applied, so what the government is doing in a very disingenuous way is trying to lull

Youth Criminal Justice Act   of the Young Offenders Act. This amendment to the Senate amendment fully summarizes the position and the consensus reached by Quebec stakeholders. They did not want Quebec to be subjected to this legislation. They all wanted Quebec to have the right to opt out. Again, I am pleased

Species at Risk Act   hard and who have made a success of themselves whom the opposition members are trying to defend today. It makes me think again of Pierre Trudeau and his disdain for private property rights, the refusal of the Liberals to put private property rights in our constitution

Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act   subsidiaries within two to five years. New market access conditions, changes in regulations and strengthened intellectual property rights will assure increased transparency and equality for Canadian commercial interests in all sectors in China, including insurance, telecommunications

Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  , recognizes for the first time that animals are not just “property,” but rather beings in their own right who feel pain and are therefore deserving of legal protections. I can't overstate the importance of this change. This elevation of animals in our moral and legal view is precedent

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act   symbolic effect as well as causing practical difficulties for many Canadians. Moving animal cruelty offences out of the property section of the code is applauded by extreme animal rights movements because it will cause a fundamental change in the way that animals are perceived in our

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act  Madam Speaker, I fondly appreciate my colleague's reference to property rights and personal freedoms and liberties. I prize those things. Just recently there was a show on PBS called The Commanding Heights . It was one of the best examples I have ever seen. It was a thumbnail

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act   in Bill C-15B could open up the possibility that farmers, sporting groups and scientific researchers will be unjustly prosecuted. They may even be persecuted. Animal rights groups in Canada will certainly use this new legislation as the basis for such prosecutions, and in fact have

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act   use of animals. Of course, the definition of animal as is currently in the bill should be amended. Defining an animal as a vertebrate other than a human and having the capacity to feel pain is what will be used. As Pierre Berton would say it is furthering the animal rights agenda

An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms) and the Firearms Act   give medical researchers, scientists and doctors protection in respect of the important work that they do in the area of health research. My concern with the bill is that in moving these subsections out of the property rights sections we have moved them into a separate section

Species at Risk Act   the constitution was brought in by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in the early 1980s the government totally and intentionally left property rights completely out of the picture. Because property rights do not exist in the constitution of this land, which is a disgrace, every one

Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2001   pornography online. Let us be clear, there is no property in good ideas and no political hay to be made on this issue. There is a very real intent and a very real spirit of co-operation on all sides of the House to ensure that we get this right for the protection of our most vulnerable

Public Safety Act, 2002   this, but it happened not so long ago. Members will recall that Pierre Elliott Trudeau was instrumental in our having the charter of rights and freedoms. Before implementing the War Measures Act, he waited until Premier Bourassa requested it. This time, no, the provinces are not needed

Public Safety Act, 2002   that are very disturbing from a civil liberties standpoint. Amnesty International, in a report published yesterday and discussed today in the media, says that, since the tragic events of September 11, freedoms and democratic rights in general have regressed, and this is true in Canada

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals and firearms) and the Firearms Act  , the sections are being moved out of the property sections of the criminal code and there will be a new shrine to animals in a particular part of the criminal code. Unfortunately, what the former minister of justice and now this Minister of Justice have failed to do is take those defences