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Madam Chair, in terms of legislation that has gone through the House, it was the will of Parliament, where those decisions have been made. Anything outside of that is not within my scope.
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Madam Chair, I was in Akwesasne about two weeks ago, and I met with the grand chief and many other chiefs. I had the opportunity to understand the complex nature of that border. I look forward to working with not just Akwesasne but other first nations and indigenous communities to strengthen their borders.
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Madam Chair, I look forward to bringing forward regulations as well as other measures to implement Bill C-70.
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Madam Chair, of course, Bill C-2 is one aspect of the way we are going to fix this. If members look at the provisions relating to the sharing of information within the IRCC and among different agencies of the federal government and provincial government, it is one way to track the number of people who are here or who have left. Of course, the role of the CBSA is also to enforce removals that are p…
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Madam Chair, we will be working closely with U.S. border patrol to manage both sides of the border and track those who leave Canada.
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Madam Chair, I completely agree with my colleague opposite. The recruitment of officers solely in English is unacceptable. We are a bilingual country, and the RCMP is a bilingual organization. We believe in official bilingualism, and we will ensure that the RCMP improves its methods and ensures that there are bilingual processes for recruitment.
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Madam Chair, we are investing $1.3 billion to the border. We are committing to 1,000 new RCMP and 1,000 new—
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Madam Chair, we have already implemented the first part, which is obtaining firearms from businesses. I think around 12,000 firearms have been recovered. We look forward to launching the next phase of this in short order. We are in the process of looking at options, but I can assure the member that we will be moving forward with the second part of this.
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Madam Chair, this is not my decision or that of the Minister of Public Safety. These decisions are made by Correctional Service Canada and are not subject in any way to my intervention.
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Madam Chair, the government is willing to invest in order to get guns off our streets, guns that legitimately should not be in the hands of individuals. Of course, there are legitimate hunters and farmers and others who have guns. The number he cited is patently false. There is a certain number of weapons that we want to get off—
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Madam Chair, Correctional Service Canada works to ensure that all offenders, including gender-diverse offenders, are in an environment that contributes to their safety, safe rehabilitation and reintegration. CSC may place or transfer a gender-diverse offender to an institution that better aligns with their gender unless there are overriding health or safety concerns that cannot be resolved.
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Madam Chair, we are targeting the fall.
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Madam Chair, I wish you and the hon. committee members a good evening. I want to thank everyone for this invitation. It is my privilege to appear before everyone as Canada's new Minister of Public Safety. Let me thank the officials who are here today. Let me also express my deepest condolences to the late Marc Garneau. His was one of the first names I learned when I came to Canada. He is a nationa…
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Mr. Chair, I have addressed this issue a number of times. I will reiterate that we will be bringing forward reform to our bail system.
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Mr. Chair, Bill C-21 is meant to get serious, dangerous weapons off our streets.
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Madam Chair, it is perhaps important that members opposite read the bill before asking questions. This is not a—
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Mr. Chair, with an investment of $1.3 billion we are making toward the border, we will have 1,000 CBSA and 1,000 new RCMP officers to secure the border.
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Madam Chair, I have already addressed this issue. The Correctional Service of Canada contributes to the safety of our institutions and communities by ensuring that all inmates are placed in institutions that match their security level. Inmates are classified based on the necessary degree of supervision.
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Mr. Chair, we need to do better on bail. We look forward to bringing forward legislation to that effect.
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Mr. Chair, that was obviously taken out of context, but we will be working on bail reform. We look forward to working with the opposition on it.
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Mr. Chair, we will be able to provide those operational details to the member in short order.
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Madam Chair, no, unless they are using semi-automatic weapons.
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Mr. Chair, fentanyl and other opioids impact communities across Canada, and my sympathies go to the people of Campbell River. We do need to ensure that there are strict penalties for those who commit these crimes.
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Mr. Chair, for operational reasons, I probably should not be answering that question.
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Mr. Chair, again, I will be able to provide that information to my colleague at a later date.
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Mr. Chair, the total amount budgeted is $597.9 million over three years.
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Mr. Chair, unfortunately, I did not write them down, so I cannot recall exactly what those were.
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Mr. Chair, is the member accusing me of misleading? I do not think he is, but no, I am giving numbers that are accurate.
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Mr. Chair, the anticipation is about 179,000.
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Mr. Chair, those that are scheduled to be bought back will be removed. I cannot tell the member the specific ones, but they are in the schedule.
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Mr. Chair, part of the cost goes towards administration and setting up the program, but on the buyback itself it is $20 million that has been spent.
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Mr. Chair, I do not intend to purchase a firearm or use a firearm.
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Mr. Chair, let me take a moment to congratulate my colleague for being here. It will be in October.
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Mr. Chair, we are looking at options.
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Mr. Chair, I have not in the last three weeks in this portfolio.
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Mr. Chair, I am familiar with instances, yes.
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Mr. Chair, that is a matter that should be dealt with by the parole board.
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Mr. Chair, it is a balancing act. I can assure the member that the rights of victims are crucial for us.
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Madam Chair, the best way to support Canadians is deterrence. One of the things Bill C-2 incorporates is deterrence of those who may be crossing through irregular ports of entry. We believe that other measures contained in the bill would support deterrence of those who are crossing the border irregularly.
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Madam Chair, I do not. Yesterday, I met with the the chief of police for Toronto, who indicated that guns are a real problem and need to be off the streets. That is one of the reasons why we—
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Madam Chair, we have a fairly robust set of guidelines for restricting guns, and Bill C-21 addresses many of the concerns that I have heard from my constituents.
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Mr. Chair, the member is against any form of gun control, yet he talks about the safety of Canadians.
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Mr. Chair, I am sorry to hear that she is impacted by this.
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