Pursuant to Order made Tuesday, May 29, 2018, the House resumed consideration of the motion of Ms. Wilson-Raybould (Minister of Justice), seconded by Mr. Carr (Minister of Natural Resources), — That Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights;
And of the amendment of Mr. Nicholson (Niagara Falls), seconded by Mr. Blaney (Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis), — That the motion be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:
“the House decline to give second reading to Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, since the Bill fails to support victims of crime by, among other things: (a) changing the victim surcharge; (b) removing the requirement of the Attorney General to determine whether to seek an adult sentence in certain circumstances; (c) removing the power of a youth justice court to make an order to lift the ban on publication in the case of a young person who receives a youth sentence for a violent offence; and (d) delaying consecutive sentencing for human traffickers.”;
The House proceeded to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the subamendment of Mr. Cooper (St. Albert—Edmonton), seconded by Mr. Calkins (Red Deer—Lacombe), — That the amendment be amended by adding the following:
“; and (e) potentially reducing penalties for very serious crimes by proposing to make them hybrid offences, including the abduction of a child under 14, material benefit from trafficking, breach of prison, participation in activity of terrorist group or criminal organization, advocating genocide, amongst many others.”.
The question was put on the subamendment and it was negatived on the following division:
YEAS: 85, NAYS: 208