Parole System  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to participate in this debate, and I would like to thank the hon. member for Milton for moving this motion. The motion comes just short weeks after Victims and Survivors of Crime Week. Members may know the objectives of that week. The first objective i

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-83 has two main objectives. First, it will allow federal inmates to be separated from the general prison population when necessary for security reasons. Second, it will ensure that these inmates have access to the interventions, programs and mental health car

Parks Canada  Madam Speaker, there is a lot of work that needs to be done in terms of finding the replacement for the Phoenix pay system. We rely on our public servants. They do the hard work. They are dedicated. They are the ones who deliver the programs and services that benefit all Canadi

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, the Government of Canada is always going to stand with Canadians every step of the way as they deal with these kinds of disasters. We agree that collaborative effort is absolutely essential. We work shoulder to shoulder with all levels of government in Canada, fi

Parks Canada  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Kootenay—Columbia for his concern that our public servants have the kind of pay system they deserve. I am pleased to be able to highlight some of the things that Parks Canada has tried to do to mitigate the pay issues crea

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, before I get to the answer for my hon. colleague for Saanich—Gulf Islands, I want to offer my heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and community of Kelsey Strang who had been evacuated from Pikangikum. The Minister of Indigenous Services has reached out to

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, all allegations of this nature are taken very, very seriously. The minister is aware of this file. We are committed to ensuring that border services earn and deserve the trust of Canadians. We have put $24 million into a civilian review and complaints commission to h

Criminal Records Act  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the very balanced perspective that the hon. member for Elgin—Middlesex—London put forward, showing what some of the advantages are and what some of the disadvantages are. That is the kind of conversation we should be having, and I appreciate that. Howe

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, I believe how it would work, at a provincial or municipal level, is that payment of those fines, if they are not granted amnesty on those fines, would be through civil recourse. I know that the federal government wants to help the provinces and the municipalities su

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, I would have to agree with my hon. colleague. When people are entering another country, they might not be asked if they have a criminal conviction. They could be asked if they had ever been in possession of cannabis. That would actually make that difficult as well.

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, this really was a very key part of the debate. We came up against a couple of challenges that would make that avenue particularly difficult, one of them being the technological challenges, in that all of our records are not held at the federal level in a federal data

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, again the challenge comes down to whether those fines are owed to the federal government or not. If they are owed to the federal government, then it is easy for us to say those fines do not need to be paid. If they are fines owed to another level of government or ano

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, that is indeed one of the challenges, because we wanted to eliminate administrative fines related to these same convictions. However, not all of the fines are owed to the federal government. All the federal government can do is wipe its fines, but it has to discuss t

Criminal Records Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to start off the debate at third reading of Bill C-93. This measure will make the pardon process simpler and quicker for Canadians convicted only of simple possession of cannabis. This is the next logical step in our efforts to establish a safer and more

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, we are deeply concerned any time part of the Canadian public feels unsafe. We have committed to ensuring that the RCMP members have the resources and support they need. There is a new RCMP crime reduction strategy in Alberta that has led to a 25% reduction in report