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Public Safety committee  First of all, tougher sentences will not work for most domestic violence...especially those that end in suicide. Kimveer Gill, Marc Lépine, intent on committing suicide...tougher sentences would have no impact on them. That's why prevention is most important. Regarding the nine

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  First of all, as regards firearms used to commit crimes, I was not here last Tuesday, but I understand that Superintendent Cheliak from the RCMP clearly stated that 40% of the guns confiscated by police, following criminal or potentially criminal incidents, are registered long gu

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  Yes, certainly. First of all, a possession certificate is used to authorize—or otherwise—an individual to own a firearm. That person is subject to a screening process which allows police or the government to determine that the applicant can own a firearm. It is a process that co

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  Among others. Suicide prevention experts also--

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  There is the Canadian Criminal Justice Association.

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  I would actually say that the most important experts are police organizations because they deal with firearms.

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  Well, you certainly have a better understanding of procedure than I do . It seems to me that when you are considering changing a bill, the amendments have to be consistent with the purpose of the bill. I do not see how amendments to this bill, which proposes the repeal of the reg

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  I would just like to add that there is no comprehensive public safety measure, or any measure for that matter, which has unanimous support. Just because a minority is opposed to it does not mean we should not go ahead or retain a system like gun registration. As I see it, opposit

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  I'll answer that very common argument that guns don't kill people; people kill people. You could say the same thing about cars, that cars don't kill people, cars don't cause accidents; drivers cause accidents. Nevertheless, we still have tons of controls on cars, as we do on driv

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  In 30 seconds I'll be done. Do they want police to have no advance notice that there are guns in a home, or the number of guns there, when they answer a call involving a potentially violent incident? Do they want police to lose a critically important tool for criminal investigat

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen

Public Safety committee  Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen members of the Committee, good afternoon. We students of the École Polytechnique are often accused of being emotional, of having reacted emotionally and impulsively, of being well-meaning, but… We often hear it said, in a patronizing tone—and t

May 6th, 2010Committee meeting

Heidi Rathjen