Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  Around half of the offenders sentenced after two strikes, and a slightly lower percentage of those sentenced after three strikes, were found guilty of property crimes on their second or third conviction. I believe you said that some witnesses have told you that this bill

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  On the difference between Ontario and Quebec, obviously we have a population difference, but the crime rates are roughly similar. It's a little bit lower in Quebec across the whole line, but it's roughly similar. Are the applications for dangerous offender designations

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee   and conviction is what's going to really work in terms of lowering crime in the country.

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I've always worked toward trying to have the notice lowered in any committee that I've been on. We managed to do that at the Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development when I was on that committee, and also on the Standing Committee

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  The numbers have gone up to about 20 a year now, and it was running substantially lower than that at one time. Professor Schurman, in terms of the constitutional charter issue, I've been asking everyone, is there one expert in the country, especially on the reverse onus issue

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee  . experience with mandatory minimums and sentences. They have in fact targeted the economically disadvantaged, the minorities, not to mention those with learning disabilities and lower education. We've already seen a disproportionate incarceration of first nations people in this country

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 2nd Session) committee   anti-drug strategy and the evidence-based opportunities thereby foregone; the asymmetric distribution of pain and suffering that will accompany implementation of Bill C-2 combined with the national anti-drug strategy, that is, more offenders from lower socio-economic circumstances

Public Safety   has determined that the lower cost of illegal cigarettes threatens progress in the fight against tobacco addiction, particularly among young people. Is the Minister of Public Safety prepared to ask the RCMP to take vigorous action and put an end to cigarette smuggling?

Manufacturing Sector  Mr. Speaker, we are in the process now of lowering taxes for corporations to historically low levels in Canada, down to 15% federally by 2012. That move has been welcomed by the Quebec Manufacturers & Exporters in Quebec, as well as by the Canadian Manufacturers &amp

Criminal Code  , but I am not sure of the meaning of his reply. I understood that the study to which he referred is a theoretical study. In other words, experts have evaluated that, with a blood alcohol level between 0.03 and 0.08, the attention level of a person is seven times lower, or something

Business of Supply   do not believe so. This company was not turning a profit. I am convinced that the type of assistance we are proposing could have helped this company and its employees. By lowering taxes, the Conservatives have chosen to give their oil friends a generous gift just in time

Business of Supply   extent this government is committed. The other thing is that a series of measures have been put forward. I am thinking of the port merger in lower B.C. where, in effect, we are getting our act together from what the previous government was not able to do.

Business of Supply   on private markets or have to pay a risk premium, which adds to their interest charges. Introducing this program would mean lower interest rates for companies that are investing. While the higher dollar should let companies renew their production equipment at a low cost, they simply do

Business of Supply   economy. The U.S. economy is struggling right now while ours remains strong. As I said, we have record unemployment rates. We are paying down debt. We have just lowered taxation to the lowest that will be in the G-7. The purpose of that is, and what the Bloc does not understand

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I was listening to the member's speech and it is just another example of how he has not done his homework because in the motion the Bloc is asking us to do things that we have already done. For example, on lowering taxes, in our economic statement last week we had