![]() ![]() I have to say, it was quite something to watch both the ministers, in the presence of all the representatives of the Police Association of Ontario-who had their lobby day yesterday here-tell them with a straight face how much they appreciated their work, because I’m sure that the ministers and the government on the other side know they’re not really that happy, they’re not really that pleased with this bill. They don’t trust them to do the jobs that they were trained for and that they put their lives on the line for. In particular, what stood out for me is that the government seems to be telling our hard-working front-line police officers that they simply don’t trust them. What struck me the most is the tone it sets, though. Now, there are some good things in this bill. Having said all that, I am disappointed with the results that we have before us today. I think it was going to be before we rose in the spring session, then it was going to be when we first came back, and now we are just four weeks, really, out from rising for the winter. I just think that maybe, as we’re six months out from an election, with a 417-page bill, it would have been a little nicer to have it come earlier, as was promised many times. I just want to put out the point that it has been 20 years since it has been updated this government has been in for 14 of those years. We heard about how this bill supposedly modernizes policing to be able to deal with the challenges of the modern age, how it represents the biggest reform in policing in 20 years and how this legislation was five years in the making. Yesterday we heard from the Minister of Community Safety as well as the Attorney General, in their leadoff, speak about the rationale for this legislation. ![]() I want to note that it is, I believe, 417 pages. Speaker, I do appreciate the opportunity to rise today-at times maybe to sit at times, too-to address the government’s Bill 175, An Act to implement measures with respect to policing, coroners and forensic laboratories. Laurie Scott: As a person who talks with their hands a lot, it’s really hard when I’m sitting down. I was going to try to start to stand for a bit, but I may sit down if I need to, and which I probably will need to. Dave Levac): Further debate? The member from Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock, please be seated. ![]() Resuming the debate adjourned on November 15, 2017, on the motion for second reading of the following bill:īill 175, An Act to implement measures with respect to policing, coroners and forensic laboratories and to enact, amend or repeal certain other statutes and revoke a regulation / Projet de loi 175, Loi mettant en oeuvre des mesures concernant les services policiers, les coroners et les laboratoires médico-légaux et édictant, modifiant ou abrogeant certaines autres lois et abrogeant un règlement. Orders of the Day Safer Ontario Act, 2017 / Loi de 2017 pour plus de sécurité en Ontario Dave Levac): The minister is seeking unanimous consent that the member from Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock be allowed to speak from her place while seated. Michael Chan: I seek unanimous consent that the member for Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock be allowed to speak from her place while seated. Member for Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock Mandatory Sexual Assault Law Training for Judicial Officers Act, 2017 / Loi de 2017 sur la formation obligatoire des fonctionnaires judiciaires en droit relatif aux agressions sexuellesĬannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, 2017 / Loi de 2017 modifiant des lois en ce qui concerne le cannabis, l’Ontario sans fumée et la sécurité routière Semaine de reconnaissance des traités / Treaties Recognition Week Safer Ontario Act, 2017 / Loi de 2017 pour plus de sécurité en Ontario ![]() Thursday 16 November 2017 Jeudi 16 novembre 2017 ![]()
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