Juno News - December 14, 2022


HEATED： Poilievre slams Trudeau for hunting rifle ban

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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks on his plan to ban assault-style weapons, including hunting rifles, in the House of Commons of Commons. Prime Minister: "My intent with this legislation is to target weapons designed for the battlefield, not ones commonly used for hunting. As I've mentioned, the Minister of Public Safety is taking the time to get this right, and that means consulting with partners to make sure we're not capturing weapons we shouldn't be.

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00:00:00.000 Well, Leader of the Opposition.
00:00:02.200 Well, the Prime Minister sent out his Public Safety Minister today.
00:00:04.700 We thought to back down on his hunting rifle ban.
00:00:09.160 Instead, he just gave a rambly endorsement of the same policy
00:00:13.400 and announced that his rural MPs from across the country,
00:00:18.380 including rural Newfoundland, support the ban on hunting rifles.
00:00:22.960 And the Prime Minister has tried to deny that he's banning those rifles,
00:00:26.100 even though First Nations have said so, his experts have said so.
00:00:30.280 His own caucus members have said so.
00:00:33.040 So will he stand in the House today and really look us in the eye
00:00:36.060 and tell us that there are no hunting rifles on his banned list?
00:00:40.620 Honourable Prime Minister.
00:00:43.700 Mr. Speaker, we made a commitment a number of years ago to Canadians
00:00:47.640 to ban assault-style weapons from this country.
00:00:50.880 There is no place for guns designed to kill the largest number of people
00:00:55.720 as quickly as possible in this country.
00:00:58.320 And that is why we're moving forward with an amendment that ensures that assault-style weapons
00:01:04.300 are banned not just in the past, not just in the present, but into the future.
00:01:08.060 We're going to carefully work with hunters and farmers and caucus members
00:01:12.980 and all parliamentarians from rural areas to ensure that we get that list right.
00:01:17.740 But all Canadians want to see less gun violence in this country.
00:01:20.860 That's what we're going to deliver.
00:01:21.780 Mr. Speaker, that's not what he's doing.
00:01:26.760 He's banning firearms that, in many cases, are not even semi-automatic.
00:01:30.960 These are firearms that have to be rechambered every single time.
00:01:34.920 They are deliberately created for hunting and sustenance.
00:01:38.640 The Assembly of First Nations has unanimously spoken against this ban on hunting rifles,
00:01:44.020 as have numerous experts and now members of his own caucus.
00:01:48.260 They all agree that his ban does not target weapons that are designed to kill people.
00:01:53.160 It targets weapons that are for the legitimate Canadian tradition of hunting.
00:01:59.980 So will he announce he's backing down from attacking our hunters today?
00:02:03.220 Mr. Speaker, we've heard clear concerns from First Nations, Métis and Inuit partners.
00:02:11.860 Our intent with this legislation is to target guns designed for the battlefield,
00:02:16.220 not ones commonly used for hunting.
00:02:18.480 As I've mentioned, the Minister of Public Safety is taking the time to get this right,
00:02:22.300 and that means consulting with partners to make sure we're not capturing weapons we shouldn't be.
00:02:27.400 Now, part of that process is showing up to meet with Indigenous leaders,
00:02:31.920 something the Leader of the Official Opposition failed to do just last week
00:02:36.620 when he had an opportunity to sit down with AFN Chiefs.
00:02:40.580 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:02:42.680 I have been meeting with First Nations leaders from across the country,
00:02:45.560 and they have been unanimous in their desire to protect their millennia-old tradition of hunting.
00:02:52.480 That requires, in the modern sense, the use of hunting rifles.
00:02:56.600 The Prime Minister's government has tabled 300 pages of banned hunting rifles
00:03:02.680 before a Canadian Parliamentary Committee.
00:03:06.940 He is wasting hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions,
00:03:11.840 targeting the legitimate hunting tools of rural people and First Nations. 0.50
00:03:17.680 Why doesn't he put that money into securing our borders and fighting crime instead?
00:03:20.840 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:03:25.540 The government that the Leader of the Opposition was part of before we took office in 2015
00:03:31.080 cut close to a billion dollars from our borders and police services across the country.
00:03:37.320 We, on the contrary, have been investing to restore that funding
00:03:40.860 even as we move forward close to a billion dollars on keeping our communities safer.
00:03:46.040 We also have invested massively in our border protection to ensure, for example,
00:03:51.500 that last year we were able to collect double the amount of illegal firearms
00:03:55.760 trying to cross our borders as the year before.
00:03:57.860 We will continue to protect our borders.
00:03:59.680 We will continue to protect Canadians.
00:04:01.180 We will continue to move on gun control.
00:04:03.240 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:04:05.640 There's no question that his policies are more expensive than our policies,
00:04:09.000 but they have delivered poorer results.
00:04:10.540 Today, violent crime is 32% higher than when he took office.
00:04:16.040 That includes a massive increase in gang violence.
00:04:19.960 The head of the Toronto Police Force says 82% of the firearms that are used in crime
00:04:27.980 in Canada's biggest city come smuggled in from the United States of America.
00:04:32.740 They are not brought here by hunters from Cape Breton or rural Alberta.
00:04:37.820 So once and for all, will the Prime Minister stop wasting money on hunters
00:04:41.500 and go after the real criminals instead?
00:04:43.560 The Honourable Prime Minister.
00:04:46.480 Mr. Speaker, the last Conservative government, of which their leader was a key part,
00:04:51.840 slashed nearly a billion dollars from our police and our borders.
00:04:55.740 We're building back that capacity.
00:04:57.980 We've invested nearly a billion dollars to end gun violence
00:05:01.260 and keep guns out of the hands of criminals since 2018 alone,
00:05:05.300 including another $137 million for the CBSA in the fall economic statement
00:05:12.140 to fight gun smuggling and trackling.
00:05:14.380 And it's working, Mr. Speaker.
00:05:16.740 We doubled the number of guns interdicted at the border last year
00:05:20.120 as compared to the year before.
00:05:21.720 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:05:24.220 Again, they're going after the innocent people rather than the real problem.
00:05:28.180 Moving on to the heroes that protect our country
00:05:32.100 and go to Veterans Affairs to get the services to which they are entitled.
00:05:36.520 This government is now racking up an embarrassing and shameful record
00:05:42.380 of having recommended medical assistance in dying.
00:05:45.780 At least a half a dozen veterans now report that they have been advised
00:05:51.500 that medical assistance in dying might be the best solution for them.
00:05:55.520 Can the Prime Minister, having had time now,
00:05:58.100 tell us exactly how many veterans have been recommended
00:06:01.300 that their lives come to an end?
00:06:03.360 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:06:05.980 This is absolutely unacceptable,
00:06:10.160 and Veterans Affairs Canada is taking serious measures
00:06:12.600 to ensure not only that this never happens again,
00:06:16.760 but that any Veterans Affairs officers
00:06:20.500 who have been making those recommendations irresponsibly
00:06:24.440 and on their own no longer are in a position to make that.
00:06:27.740 But I will highlight, Mr. Speaker,
00:06:29.300 that we've invested over $10 billion in support for our veterans
00:06:33.760 after 10 years of the previous Conservative government
00:06:36.240 nickel-and-diming them and using them for photo ops.
00:06:39.080 We will support our veterans as we've continued to do
00:06:42.720 and respect the work that they've done.
00:06:45.220 The Honourable Leader of the Opposition.
00:06:47.680 This is from the Prime Minister who said that veterans are asking for more
00:06:50.780 than he can give.
00:06:52.240 This is from the Prime Minister.
00:06:53.720 Is this the first Prime Minister who's ever presided
00:06:56.120 over a Veterans Affairs Department
00:06:57.940 that recommends that the heroes who served our country
00:07:02.160 should get medical assistance in dying
00:07:04.420 instead of being given a good life,
00:07:06.980 the one that they have earned?
00:07:07.940 One soldier, one former soldier, current veteran,
00:07:10.840 actually said the policy is triple D,
00:07:13.520 delay, deny, and dead veterans.
00:07:15.780 Mr. Speaker, the question is very specific.
00:07:17.860 How many veterans have been given the recommendation
00:07:22.180 that they should go to medical assistance in dying?
00:07:24.520 The number, please.
00:07:25.560 The Right Honourable Prime Minister.
00:07:29.040 The number one would be too many,
00:07:31.140 and that is why we condemn in the strongest terms
00:07:33.720 anyone who has recommended that to our veterans.
00:07:37.160 Our veterans lived a life of service
00:07:39.140 and deserve the utmost quality of care from our governments.
00:07:42.940 That is why we invested $10 billion
00:07:45.020 after the previous government chose to shutter
00:07:47.760 Veterans Affairs offices across the country
00:07:50.480 and nickel and dine them every chance that they could get.
00:07:53.200 We respect our veterans,
00:07:54.400 which is why we're taking so seriously the reports
00:07:57.240 that this unacceptable behavior happened within Veterans Affairs.
00:08:00.940 Our veterans deserve the very best,
00:08:03.140 and that's what we'll continue to give them.
00:08:15.020 Thank you for listening.