Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm one of the founding members of the CCACV, the Communauté de citoyens et de citoyennes en action contre les criminels violents. You've already heard from two of our other members, Mr. André Gélinas and Ms. Anie Samson. On January 26, 2022, the CCACV pro

Justice committee  In conclusion, Parliament must better protect victims, who are overrepresented in racialized communities. In Canada, victims should have rights and freedoms, such as the right to life, the right to health and the right to safety, which take precedence over the rights of suspects.

Justice committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Moore. At this time, most shootings in major Canadian cities are committed by street gang members, who are fairly young. Some gang members give small contracts to younger members to intimidate people, threaten them and so forth. We can see that i

Justice committee  I'll comment quickly, Mr. Moore. We know full well that organized crime has the upper hand in terms of narcotics. Various intermediaries are involved before those products reach the street. They live off and depend on crime. They don't care that the health of hundreds of thousan

Justice committee  Thank you for your question. I'll come back to the basics. Street gang members already enjoy impunity in the current system. Minimum sentences exist and will be maintained for several types of crimes. Currently, these people enjoy impunity on social media. When we dig a bit, we

Justice committee  As I mentioned in my opening remarks, we have created a citizens group that includes people from diverse backgrounds. Ms. Murielle Chatelier wrote a letter to parliamentarians, which I invite you to read. It is co‑signed by people from diverse backgrounds. When residents and vic

Justice committee  I'll speak about the victims who we've met, particularly fathers who've lost a child—

Justice committee  Care must be taken to not lump everyone together. For some types of crime against property, such as break and enter, a scale could be established, giving a conditional sentence for a first or second offence. This could be realistic or possible if we want to give people a chance.

Justice committee  Absolutely. I remember a particular case about five years ago. A few weeks after a man was arrested for sexual assault, the victim found herself face to face with the suspect in the same neighbourhood. Is it normal in our society, with a goal of reintegration, to allow suspects

Justice committee  What I can say about that is that the principles of diversion have existed for many years in the Young Offenders Act, so discretion is already being used with young offenders. As I've said since the beginning, when the crime is not a crime against the person, there should be mor

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chair, distinguished members of Parliament, hello. I am a retired supervisor at the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal. I work with the media and elected officials to explain the job of police officer and the reality on the ground. I am one of the three founding membe

Public Safety committee  Yes.

Public Safety committee  My answer is the same as the one Mr. Gélinas just gave you. Effectively, that's crucial. Any bill would absolutely have to address this issue. We can't get around it. Possessing a firearms licence brings with it certain privileges. If we pretend that the problem doesn't exist an

Public Safety committee  I, too, am in complete agreement. I'm going to continue where Mr. Gélinas left off. I was a station supervisor and patrol officer for a long time. We did indeed receive calls and arrested people who had in their possession an airgun that was a replica firearm. This can certainly

Public Safety committee  I will answer the first part of your question. Which amendments contained in the bill seem logical to us? I would say that it would be the clauses that give more powers to the border services officers when they look at the files of immigrants who are coming into Canada, whether