Bill C-242

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…. Speaker, the thing that comes to mind with that particular question is this: If we take a look at Bill C-242, the bill being proposed in this motion, I suspect that no legal opinion would give any sense of comfort that it is compliant with our Constitution or the Charter of Rights. In fact, I would argue th…

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…es and you're out” policy, which I think many people said was unreasonable. Why was it dropped from Bill C-242?

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…port “three strikes and you're out.” The bill that we are debating today is about real bail reform: Bill C-242, the jail not bail act. Will the member opposite support it?

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… It says crime is up 55%, repeat offenders are on the streets and the solution is to pass one bill, Bill C-242, the so-called jail not bail act. While it may be politically convenient for the Conservatives to package such a complex issue into a single slogan, Canadians know that public safety is much more com…

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…in order to keep repeat offenders in jail and keep Canadians safe, the House is of the opinion that Bill C-242, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Department of Justice Act, also known as the Jail Not Bail Act, must pass and is committed to sitting extended hours, holding an expeditious committee study…

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…ke mention of the opposition finally showing a shred of common sense, though it is long overdue. In Bill C-242, which is mentioned in today's motion, the Conservatives quietly removed the reckless American-style, far right, three-strike scheme they ran on in the last election. Empty slogans based on sporting …

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… in this Liberal government seems interested in ending. Today, we are debating a motion calling for Bill C-242, the jail not bail act, introduced by my colleague from Oxford, to be fast-tracked. We are asking that the bill be passed immediately and sent to committee in order to speed up the necessary legislat…

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…are genuinely concerned about the issue, but what has surprised me about this particular motion and Bill C-242 is that there is no reference to their American-style three strikes law. I am wondering why that is. Have they abandoned that particular policy? We just debated a motion on that brought forward by th…

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…, and the government's intention to table new legislation this fall. I will begin by speaking about Bill C-242, the jail not bail act, which was introduced by the member for Oxford. Bill C‑242 includes provisions to expand the reverse onus provisions for serious offences. I am pleased to see that there is com…

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… we are prepared to have in the context of Bill C-2. Today we are talking about the motion to adopt Bill C-242, which was introduced by our opposition colleagues. Crime is a problem. We know that and we acknowledge it. We want to get to work and that is why we are holding consultations with police forces, mun…