Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2023-05-16 18:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew\u2014Nipissing\u2014Pembroke, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew\u2014Nipissing\u2014Pembroke, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7781865\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise on behalf of the democracy-respecting constituents of Renfrew\u2014Nipissing\u2014Pembroke and lawful firearms owners nationwide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7781866\" data-originallang=\"en\">The decision by these radical socialists who rammed this property confiscation legislation through Parliament is just the latest example of their utter contempt for democracy. When the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> said he admired the communists who controlled China because of their ability to ignore democracy, Canadians should have been alarmed. When the Prime Minister assaulted two members of Parliament on the floor of the House of Commons, he revealed his inner dictator, and they are laughing about that. However, now we have Bill <a data-HoCid=\"11814598\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-21/\" title=\"An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms)\">C-21</a>, which is the cherry on top of the illiberal, anti-democratic cake. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7781867\" data-originallang=\"en\">The bill was first decreed as an order in council after the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> had shut down Parliament and locked down citizens. He sought to capitalize on the Portapique crime spree while masking the complete, flagrant incompetence of the RCMP. They failed to activate the Amber Alert, even though every step had been laid out in the manual. The RCMP could not communicate by radio because a tower had been taken down to make way for a highway, and the decision-makers were too cheap to replace it. They had not bothered to collect the shooter's firearms, despite knowing he was not licensed to possess them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7781868\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Instead of targeting crime, this government is targeting the most law-abiding citizens in our country. Each day their names are run through CPIC, the Canadian Police Information Centre, and anyone who has committed a crime is flagged. Introducing useless, virtue-signalling legislation based on clich\u00e9s and empty slogans is par for the course for these Liberals. This time, they played\u2014 </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7781865\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est un honneur de prendre la parole au nom des gens respectueux de la d\u00e9mocratie de Renfrew\u2014Nipissing\u2014Pembroke, ainsi que des propri\u00e9taires d'armes \u00e0 feu respectueux des lois de partout au pays. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7781866\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9cision des socialistes radicaux d'en face de forcer l'adoption de ce projet de loi de confiscation de propri\u00e9t\u00e9 n'est que le plus r\u00e9cent exemple de leur m\u00e9pris total de la d\u00e9mocratie. Quand le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> a affirm\u00e9 qu'il admirait les communistes au pouvoir en Chine \u00e0 cause de leur capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 faire fi des r\u00e8gles de la d\u00e9mocratie, les Canadiens auraient d\u00fb s'en alarmer. Quand, \u00e0 deux reprises, le premier ministre a agress\u00e9 des d\u00e9put\u00e9s sur le parquet de la Chambre des communes, il nous a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 son c\u00f4t\u00e9 dictateur; et cela fait rire les d\u00e9put\u00e9s d'en face. Nous nous retrouvons maintenant devant le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"11814598\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-21/\" title=\"An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms)\">C-21</a>, la cerise sur le g\u00e2teau antilib\u00e9ral et antid\u00e9mocratique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7781867\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 l'origine, le projet de loi devait \u00eatre adopt\u00e9 par d\u00e9cret apr\u00e8s que le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> eut ferm\u00e9 le Parlement et confin\u00e9 la population. Il voulait tirer le maximum de la tuerie de Portapique et en profiter pour cacher l'incomp\u00e9tence flagrante et totale de la GRC. La GRC n'avait pas lanc\u00e9 d'alerte Amber, contrairement \u00e0 tout ce qui \u00e9tait pr\u00e9vu dans ses proc\u00e9dures. La GRC ne pouvait pas communiquer par radio parce qu'une tour avait \u00e9t\u00e9 retir\u00e9e pour faire place \u00e0 une autoroute et que les d\u00e9cideurs avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 trop pingres pour la remplacer. M\u00eame si la GRC savait que le tireur ne d\u00e9tenait pas de permis de possession d'armes \u00e0 feu, elle n'avait rien fait pour les lui confisquer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7781868\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au lieu de s'attaquer \u00e0 la criminalit\u00e9, le gouvernement s'en prend aux citoyens canadiens les plus respectueux des lois. Chaque jour, les propri\u00e9taires l\u00e9gaux d'armes \u00e0 feu font l'objet d'une v\u00e9rification du Centre d'information de la police canadienne, et si l'un d'eux a commis un crime, on sonne l'alarme. Fid\u00e8les \u00e0 leurs habitudes, les lib\u00e9raux pr\u00e9sentent un projet de loi inutile et moralisateur fond\u00e9 sur des clich\u00e9s et des slogans creux. Cette fois-ci, ils ont tent\u00e9...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/5/16/cheryl-gallant-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/cheryl-gallant/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1416/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12221999",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": "Le Code criminel"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/5/16/",
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