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Mr. Chair, I am happy to read a few of them: cognitive behavioural therapy, education and literacy programs, psychiatric care and counselling, addiction treatment, risk and needs assessments, employment assistance, parenting programs and all sorts of things like that. Is there one thing in that list that victims have access to?
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Mr. Chair, clearly the minister will not take responsibility. Earlier I listed a number of services and resources that offenders receive. Can the minister name just one that victims receive?
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Mr. Chair, offender supports are centrally coordinated and funded, while victim supports are quite fragmented. Do you think that is fair?
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Mr. Chair, what about victims? Do they have any sort of need when they are in society after being victims of violent crimes?
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Mr. Chair, I understand offenders who have been convicted of violent crimes do have rights. They are given access to many services and resources including substance abuse treatment, anger and violence management, sex offender treatment, cognitive behavioural therapy, education and literacy programs, employment skills training, psychiatric care and counselling, addiction treatment, risk and needs a…
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Does the minister think victims are adequately respected in the Canadian criminal justice system?
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Are you saying that victims' rights and criminals' rights are balanced?
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Mr. Chair, through you, does the minister believe our justice system puts the needs of criminals ahead of victims?
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Mr. Chair, should victims be granted more rights than they currently have?
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Madam Chair, on a point of order, I believe the answers have to be the same amount of time as the question posed. He was given—
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Mr. Speaker, it is an immense honour for me to rise for my first speech in the House of Commons. To be entrusted with the responsibility of representing the people of my hometown of Oshawa is both humbling and motivating. Oshawa is a proud city built on hard work, resilience and innovation. This chair belongs to it. Oshawa has roots as a manufacturing powerhouse, but it is also a resilient and for…
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Madam Speaker, I am really superhappy that the member opposite asked me that question, because our Conservatives proposed a ton of solutions in the 44th Parliament as well as during the last campaign. Some of those, I believe, were plagiarized by his government. I am happy that it plagiarized them. Some of them are good. I would like to see them go further.
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Mr. Speaker, we have been dealing with rising food costs for years, but this year it is spiralling out of control. Families, seniors and hard-working Canadians are being pushed to the brink and struggling to afford even the basics. I left the grocery store last week after paying $100 for just two bags: the basics, no meat and only enough to feed my family for a couple of days. Beef is up 33%; oran…
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Madam Speaker, I will be brief. There was story after story. It really comes down to affordability, and people just want the freedom to be able to live on a safe street and have a home. The best story is about one young lady in southern Oshawa. She came out with her son and said, “This is Ms. Kirkland, who is running for the Conservative Party. You know, the blue party.” Then she said, “Can I give…
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Madam Speaker, Dr. Colin Carrie is one of the hardest workers I know, and he always advocated for Oshawa. Some of that investment came because of Dr. Carrie's advocacy, his standing up in this House and saying over and over again what Oshawa needed. The other part was when he was in government for 10 years, with our last Conservative mandate under former prime minister Stephen Harper.
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Madam Speaker, Oshawa has elected a hometown girl who understands its struggles and its strengths. I would be remiss to stand here and speak about things I have not fully learned about. I am here to defend our rights and freedoms, bring common sense back to government and be a voice for families, workers, seniors and youth in Oshawa. I will always work to effectively bring better housing for my co…
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Mr. Speaker, the price of the average home in my hometown of Oshawa has gone up 121% since 2015. According to Equifax, a record number of Ontarians are missing mortgage payments now, up 71.5% since early 2024. A TMU professor said, “The first thing you make sure you do in life is to pay your mortgage, but people aren’t doing that, because the whole system is so broken now.” The Liberal housing min…
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