The Blueprint: Canada's Conservative Podcast - Liberal Incompetence, More Crime in our Streets

00:00:00.000 Hello and welcome once again to The Blueprints. This is Canada's Conservative Podcast. I'm

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00:00:26.340 iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify. You name it, it is out there. On today's show, Canada recognizes the

00:00:32.140 Palestinian state. Interesting enough. Also, crime continues out of control across Canada. To talk

00:00:38.740 about this and much, much more, we bring on the newly elected Member of Parliament for Vaughan

00:00:43.680 Woodbridge, Michael Goulliamin. Thanks for coming on the show. Thanks very much for having me, Jamie.

00:00:47.880 All right, let's start with something that just happened a few days ago. Over the weekend,

00:00:52.580 Mark Carney, the Prime Minister, announced that Canada is going to recognize the Palestinian state.

00:00:58.360 The issue with that, I think, that has raised most eyebrows is the fact that a few months ago,

00:01:04.920 Carney said there would be conditions before Canada recognizes a Palestinian state. And to my knowledge,

00:01:11.540 none of those conditions have been met. None of those conditions have been met. I mean,

00:01:15.800 I think in the first instance, we had Hamas completely surrendering, denouncing violence.

00:01:22.900 You had the Palestinian state itself committing to a two-state solution. And then, of course,

00:01:30.620 the return of the hostages, the unconditional return of the hostages. And none of them have been met.

00:01:35.580 And I think, frankly, Jamie, it really does speak to the Prime Minister, who seems to be flip-flopping on a

00:01:41.460 lot of issues, or making statements and then changing his direction with little or no rationale

00:01:47.760 as to why he's doing so. But more importantly, I think that distracts from some of the key issues

00:01:53.360 facing Canadians, like affordability, like crime, which I believe we're talking about today.

00:01:58.480 Yeah, we're going to get into that in just a second. You're right. It does distract.

00:02:01.700 I also, my problem here is, you know, when they say Canada now recognizes the Palestinian state,

00:02:09.840 my issue, I know the government's signing, I get that. But at the same time, we never had a debate

00:02:14.360 in Parliament around this. We never actually had a vote on this in Parliament to see what the will

00:02:18.720 of the House actually is. And it might pass. It probably will at the NDP and the Greens,

00:02:24.080 probably. But we never had that opportunity, which I think is sad, especially when all the

00:02:28.820 headlines are Canada recognizes. And especially when it sort of, you know, diverts from our

00:02:36.060 longstanding policy on this key issue, critical issue of making sure that there is a two-state

00:02:42.220 solution. And I think it's indicative of some of the obstructionism we've been seeing on issues like

00:02:47.620 crime, where opportunity for debate is really not paramount in this Parliament, right? We've noticed

00:02:55.260 that they were trying to rush bills to committee relatively recently and criticizing our party

00:03:01.040 for obstructionism, when in fact, you know, we're just trying to give legislation the debate that's

00:03:06.140 required in the House, right? And I think that's what Canadians expect.

00:03:09.340 Well, I would hope so. But I think we pointed this out another few episodes ago. And I don't think many

00:03:15.260 people realize this fact. Prior to June, which we only sat for a month, we had not sat January,

00:03:24.240 February, March, April, most of May. Right. Like, there's a lot of fires burning. There's a lot of

00:03:30.520 issues that need to be discussed. No committees were even functioning. No committees, right? Like,

00:03:34.580 there was a large chunk of 2025 where Parliament, to your point, was not even a factor in a lot of

00:03:40.720 these discussions and decisions. That's right. And I mean, Parliament is the cornerstone of our

00:03:46.380 democracy, in a sense, right? It's the spirit of debate. It's the place where we can discuss key

00:03:52.260 contentious issues and, you know, try and find consensus with the other parties in Parliament,

00:03:57.280 which represent the voice of Canadians. So I think it's very important that Parliament gets its say on

00:04:02.960 these issues, and they're not just heavy handed from above. Let's go now to a more domestic issue,

00:04:07.820 and something that is ravaging, I think, every community across the country. But

00:04:11.940 yours in particular, York region in particular, it is unbelievable what's going on in your area.

00:04:19.600 We have a, let's see if we can get the screenshot up here, a father executed in front of his kids

00:04:25.980 in a home invasion. Yes. Alim Faruqi, you know, a prominent member of the Amadea community

00:04:33.660 in Vaughan, you know, very, very much a community figure, a hero, right? He was executed for defending

00:04:42.500 his children, as it's been made to understand. And I think this just speaks volume to the lawlessness

00:04:47.980 that's going on in our communities across the country, but specifically here in Vaughan,

00:04:51.940 where we've seen a very dramatic rise in violent crime.

00:04:54.960 And it doesn't help that the Liberals continue to downplay this. They keep saying there'll be

00:05:00.760 legislation on bail reform, a problem they created in the first place with a couple pieces of

00:05:04.820 legislation we'll talk about in a second. But, you know, comments from Sean Frazier,

00:05:08.360 the Justice Minister, that, you know, the Conservatives are making it seem like the Wild West.

00:05:13.060 But for that gentleman and his family, I'm pretty sure it feels that way. And let's go to the map.

00:05:18.120 Let's go to the next slide here. This is insane. This is York region. So in Ontario,

00:05:22.640 just north of Toronto, look at this. What is going on?

00:05:27.800 It's, like I said, a dramatic increase in crime. I have some statistics here. We'll speak to York

00:05:33.980 region. Violent crime up is from 2020 to today, 55%. Firearms up 130% extortion, 338%. Sexual assault,

00:05:46.680 76%. Homicides up 29%. Carjackings up 305%. And home invasions up 82% in York region. I mean,

00:05:59.920 it's very alarming. And to just sort of circle back to the Aleem Faruqi incident,

00:06:05.320 my colleague Anna Roberts and I, we attended the vigil for Aleem. And the consequence of this, 0.98

00:06:13.060 you know, is, you know, this terrible tragedy for the family, for the children of that family,

00:06:17.440 and also the community at large. Because when we're walking through this vigil,

00:06:21.600 people, like they have this, this like look on their face of, you know, they're losing trust and

00:06:28.180 faith in the system. And they expect politicians to act. Like the message to us was do something.

00:06:33.220 Enough talking. Do something. So, I mean, it's a very serious issue. And the Liberals really need

00:06:38.920 to take this more seriously. Because right now, it kind of seems like they're deflecting. Just the

00:06:43.300 other day, we heard in the House that we're using this for fundraising purposes. Tell that to the

00:06:47.980 family of Aleem Faruqi. Exactly. And all the other people who are suffering that continue to get

00:06:52.740 victimized, including yourself. Your car almost knocked away or drove away on its own.

00:06:58.140 You know what, in August, I, 7am, I get a knock on my door from my neighbor. And he says,

00:07:03.280 3.30 in the morning last night, someone tried to see your vehicle. I happened to be looking outside

00:07:08.080 the window. And an individual walked up with a crowbar between our two cars. So, I went and grabbed

00:07:14.060 the alarms for the keys and set off his car alarm. And by the time they left, like they ran away once

00:07:21.420 the alarms went, they had my window broken, the glove box out, and it was in the process of being

00:07:27.080 rewired. So, you know, thank you to the neighbor. But it just, again, speaks to the lawlessness.

00:07:31.560 Because, you know, in my, I'll speak to Vaughn specifically, and in my riding, in Vaughn-Woodbridge,

00:07:37.020 everybody knows somebody who's had multiple attempts of their vehicle being stolen, which is,

00:07:42.740 it's crazy for a community. Well, judging about that map, absolutely. Let's go to a few more of these.

00:07:47.720 These. So, again, more home invasion. I can't tell if that's an axe or a sledgehammer or something

00:07:54.120 else, but coming right through the front door. Yes. And I think we need to give credit to law

00:07:58.340 enforcement. Law enforcement is doing their best with the tools that they have. They were able

00:08:03.660 to arrest three people that they believe are directly connected to two armed home invasions.

00:08:09.800 Unfortunately, this isn't the incident with Alim Faruqi, but two other home invasions in the area. So,

00:08:16.320 they're trying to step up their game, and we really need to give them the legislative tools

00:08:21.260 to make sure these criminals are behind bars. 100%. We need to stop the revolving justice system

00:08:26.000 that we seem to have. This door keeps swaying back and forth, right? The criminals are arrested.

00:08:30.940 They're processed out on bail. And we mentioned two pieces of legislation, C-75 and C-5, both of which

00:08:37.760 have made bail easier to get. And if, in fact, you are convicted, well, they'll see five means you

00:08:42.400 don't serve as much time as you probably should. And I think what we're seeing here is a, you can see

00:08:48.140 the, like, sort of a philosophical battle between liberals and conservative on justice here. On the

00:08:53.660 one hand, you have liberals who really lead with this, especially under Lamedi, who introduced a lot

00:08:58.680 of this legislation, this principle of restraint, right? And from C-75, kind of highlighting this

00:09:04.680 rehabilitation aspect of the criminal justice system, saying, you know, really what the issue

00:09:10.800 is are, like, the systemic underpinnings that these people face, and we need to rehabilitate them.

00:09:16.940 Therefore, they have to be released at the earliest convenience. And when you see that played out in

00:09:21.800 legislation, you get bills like C-5 that reduce the mandatory minimum sentences, and C-75, which,

00:09:28.480 you know, want judges to release accused as quickly as possible, that principle of restraint.

00:09:35.180 On the other hand, you have, you know, sort of our view of this, which is more that the purpose of

00:09:40.700 justice is to, A, protect the society at large, B, it's about the victims of crime, and C, there's

00:09:48.420 people, individuals have agency, right? It's not to excuse young offenders and things like that,

00:09:53.760 separate, right? What we're talking about here is, you have instances, remember, in Wellen,

00:09:57.580 the sex offender, out on bail, committing sex offenses. This is, like, this is disgusting. 0.83

00:10:03.060 It's sickening, you know, and these people should not be out on bail. You have police departments 0.74

00:10:08.920 across this country saying that the real problem that they're seeing on the ground is that repeat

00:10:15.680 offenders are ending up out on the streets and committing more and more crime. So, you know,

00:10:22.400 my view on this has always been, when it comes to justice, you need to, what's the best way to word

00:10:28.900 this? What you're trying to do is deter crime. You're, you have punishment for the morality of

00:10:35.000 defense, of the offense. So, severe violent crime should come with mandatory minimums. It should come

00:10:41.160 with conditions around bail if they're repeat offenders. And because the primary function of any

00:10:47.520 government of any state is the protection of its citizens. This is its key role. This is sort of my

00:10:52.940 conception of justice. And certainly, as a member of this federal parliament, it's something I'm going

00:10:56.980 to fight for.

00:10:57.720 Yeah, absolutely. I agree with you on that percent. So, you mentioned David Lamedi, who was a former

00:11:01.340 justice minister, member of parliament from the Montreal area, did not run in the last election.

00:11:05.640 Marco Mendicino is another one. He had the public safety file as well, from Toronto. Both,

00:11:11.140 both, in this government, in these liberals, you fail upwards. So, they found themselves inside the

00:11:17.060 prime minister's office advising Mark Carney. So, you know, the problems continue. Now, you have

00:11:22.840 the current public safety minister, Gary Nassangari, who over the weekend was caught on a hot mic,

00:11:29.520 so to speak, if you call it that, basically downplaying this whole gun conference, this firearm

00:11:36.020 confiscation. And his comments were just incredible. They said the silent part out loud. I'm going to

00:11:43.780 get into another show about this specifically. I don't want to go too far down this. But this is

00:11:48.640 a problem with the Liberal Party itself, because you have all these leftovers from the Justin Trudeau

00:11:54.440 era, and now you have more Justin Trudeau policy.

00:11:57.540 That's right. And I think it speaks broadly to exactly that, that sort of overarching,

00:12:04.460 like, progressive, very, like, liberal ideology when it comes to things like justice. And we see

00:12:09.980 this in other areas of policy, like energy and other items. But specifically, when it relates to

00:12:15.900 justice, you're seeing this played out in real time. And we're seeing the consequence of that policy.

00:12:21.340 Like, it's got to be logical, and it's got to be effective, right? And I think that's why,

00:12:26.020 you know, we're going to be introducing, I believe, early this week, that private members bill,

00:12:31.320 NPR Pencana, our colleague, the Jail Not Bail Act, to try and correct some of these wrongs.

00:12:36.400 Yeah, hopefully the government listens. Let's play this video too, because this is caught

00:12:39.620 on security surveillance, just more things happening in our communities that I don't think many people

00:12:46.940 can understand. They can't, again, people want the crime to stop. I think it's important for us to

00:12:54.920 realize that we have to continually remind people that it was government legislation that got us to

00:13:02.180 this point. C5, C75 gets us to this point, right? This is how we got here. How we fix it, what you

00:13:09.880 just talked about, our friend and colleague, our Pencana, Jail Not Bail, stop this revolving door

00:13:16.060 justice system that we seem to have.

00:13:17.920 Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's a very important piece of legislation. I mean,

00:13:21.140 the one thing that really strikes me is, if we recall from our election, part of our 100-day plan

00:13:27.400 was criminal justice, bail reform was like one of the key priorities. So instead, government goes on

00:13:34.280 summer vacation, no committees recalled, no legislation passed. We have all a huge spike in

00:13:40.440 incidents. And why? Like, why are we waiting until October to introduce this law? It's like there's no

00:13:48.080 urgency with this liberal government, right? Usually I say they, because it doesn't affect

00:13:52.840 them, right? It's affecting other people. So we don't really pay attention to it. But even the

00:13:57.740 last parliament, the justice minister at the time, Arif Varani, he had his car stolen a few times,

00:14:03.120 right? It was the government's car, not his, so he probably didn't care. But at the same time,

00:14:06.920 usually it doesn't affect them. That's why they don't move as fast as they probably should have.

00:14:10.340 So when we look at this Jail Not Bail Act, what does it do? One, it removes this principle of

00:14:16.020 restraint. The other item is it creates a new category of major crimes and with a reverse onus.

00:14:24.240 So major crimes like gun crime, extortion, home invasions, et cetera, which is really important.

00:14:30.940 And does bail reform. So, you know, people with, on priors, especially for serious major crime

00:14:38.960 categories, aren't eligible for bail, especially if they, I believe it was if they didn't commit a,

00:14:44.560 or if they've committed a crime within the last 10 years. And then the last category is people who

00:14:50.160 have priors are not able to be guarantors for anybody who's seeking bail, which I think is very

00:14:55.480 commonsensical, very appropriate piece of legislation, especially given everything that we're seeing

00:15:00.120 here. A hundred percent. We're pretty much out of time. But as you know, the guests get the last

00:15:04.860 word, the floor is yours. Well, I just, you know, I encourage people to really look into our Jail Not

00:15:11.960 Bail Act and look into other private member bills that we're putting forward in this session.

00:15:16.460 This is us trying to work in the spirit of collaboration with the government, take our ideas.

00:15:22.300 We encourage you, adopt them, vote for these issues, because at the end of the day, what we're trying

00:15:26.380 to do here is, you know, make life better for Canadians. We want to instill trust in our

00:15:31.680 government and our democracy and society. We hope the government's on board with us during this

00:15:35.800 process. So thank you. Michael, congratulations on your election. Well deserved. You were working

00:15:41.180 hard at it. I wish you the best of luck and I appreciate the opportunity to have you on the show.

00:15:45.240 Thanks for having me. Pleasure to be here. I'm looking forward to our next discussion.

00:15:49.440 Thank you for your time. Michael Guglielmin, Member of Parliament for Vaughn Woodbridge. Thank you for your time as

00:15:54.220 well. Don't forget to like, comment, subscribe and share this program. We have new content for you

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00:16:03.660 more freedom. That's the blueprint.

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The Blueprint: Canada's Conservative Podcast - September 23, 2025

Liberal Incompetence, More Crime in our Streets

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