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{
"time": "2023-11-30 16:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Eric Duncan",
"fr": "M. Eric Duncan"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8074648\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois colleague for asking me this question, which I appreciate. As a bonus, it gives me a chance to practise my second language a bit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8074649\" data-originallang=\"fr\">A lot of work can be done in communities across the country to reduce gun violence, for example.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8074650\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are a lot of things we could do when working with law enforcement, and not take away tools, like bail reform, by saying that repeat violent offenders can have a revolving door. We need to go after the smuggling of firearms from the United States. We need to go after gang violence and its increases. Programs for youth and deterrents for those crimes need to be investments. We need to invest in our law enforcement, not take resources away.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8074651\" data-originallang=\"en\"> At the end of the day, when we look at this and at the root causes, not just the devastating numbers I mentioned from Stats Canada, we are seeing repeat violent offenders being a significant part of the increase. We are seeing illegally smuggled guns being part of it. We are seeing a government that is completely unserious about addressing the problem and that is instead going after law-abiding hunters and firearm owners in this country rather than going after the root causes.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8074648\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de m'avoir pos\u00e9 cette question, que j'appr\u00e9cie. De plus, cela me donne la chance de pratiquer un peu ma langue seconde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8074649\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Beaucoup de travail peut \u00eatre fait dans les communaut\u00e9s partout au pays pour r\u00e9duire la violence li\u00e9e aux armes \u00e0 feu, par exemple.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8074650\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est possible de faire beaucoup de choses en collaborant avec les forces de l\u2019ordre, et non pas en supprimant des outils, comme la r\u00e9forme de la mise en libert\u00e9 sous caution, et en disant que les r\u00e9cidivistes violents peuvent passer par une porte tournante. Nous devons nous attaquer \u00e0 la contrebande d\u2019armes \u00e0 feu en provenance des \u00c9tats-Unis. Nous devons nous attaquer \u00e0 la violence des gangs et \u00e0 son augmentation. Il faut investir dans les programmes pour les jeunes et les mesures dissuasives pour ces crimes. Il faut investir dans les forces de l\u2019ordre, et non leur retirer des ressources.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8074651\" data-originallang=\"en\">En derni\u00e8re analyse, lorsqu'on examine la situation et ses causes profondes, et pas seulement les chiffres catastrophiques de Statistique Canada que j\u2019ai cit\u00e9s, on constate que les r\u00e9cidivistes violents jouent un r\u00f4le important dans l\u2019augmentation de la criminalit\u00e9. On constate que les armes entr\u00e9es ill\u00e9galement en contrebande en font partie. On voit que le gouvernement ne veut absolument pas s\u2019attaquer au probl\u00e8me et s\u2019en prend aux chasseurs et aux propri\u00e9taires d\u2019armes \u00e0 feu respectueux de la loi au Canada plut\u00f4t que de s\u2019attaquer aux causes profondes du probl\u00e8me.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/11/30/eric-duncan-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/eric-duncan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4550/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12478660",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Criminal Code",
"fr": "Le Code criminel"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/11/30/",
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}