For the third time in this minority Parliament, the Conservatives received cross-party support to pass their opposition day motion, this time calling on the House of Commons public safety committee to probe a recent parole board decision that they argue led to a young woman's death.
The motion passed unanimously with the backing of members from both sides of the Commons. It called on the House to condemn the recent Parole Board of Canada decision and have the committee conduct a review of changes made in 2017 to the parole board's nomination processes, "with the view to recommend measures to be taken to ensure another tragedy such as this never happens again.
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair signaled that the government would be backing the bill during question period on Tuesday, saying that the Liberals support "the full examination of this matter by the public safety committee." In a joint statement, Conservative public safety critics Pierre Paul-Hus and Glen Motz condemned the Parole Board’s decision, saying that allowing "a convicted murderer, with a history of domestic violence, out on day parole so that he could meet women in order to address his sexual needs," was "senseless and unjustified."
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