S-215 An Act to amend the Criminal Code, Second Reading, April 9,2019
Автор: Robert Falcon Ouellette
Загружено: 2019-10-08
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In 2016, I met and started to work with Senator Lillian Dyck. Lillian is a First Nation woman and had just proposed a new law S-215 which would help protect Indigenous women if they were victims of violent crime. If someone committed a serious crime against Indigenous women, this would be an aggravating factor in sentencing. We know that Indigenous women are victims of violent crime more than any other population in Canada, hence the study being done by the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women’s Inquiry.
Lillian and I started working together. We met with Members of Parliament including the Indigenous Caucus and the Women's Caucus. I was unable to convince the Conservative Party of the value of this law. Thus it became impossible to win the vote in the Parliament. Even though the vote was lost and the bill defeated during the second reading in April 2019, this law helped make people uncomfortable and question what is society actually doing.
I still look forward to continue to advocating in public and speaking behind the doors of power with the decision makers of Canada to share our collective passion to protect all citizens.
When the door is closed, no one can hide, and that is the power of being a vocal MP.
Robert
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