We will also proactively expunge criminal

records for Canadians convicted of minor

cannabis possession. With cannabis now legal

in Canada, too many people are still burdened

with criminal records for simple possession –

records that mean real hardships that affect

their employment opportunities and their ability

to travel. These records for minor cannabis

possession will be completely erased, allowing

people to get on with building their lives.

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Lower the federally set price for cannabis to make it competitive with illegal supplies.

Eliminate requirements for excess plastic packaging on legal cannabis.

Remove the sales tax on medicinal products.

Allow outdoor production and impose organic production standards.

Exempt CBD from the restrictions of the Prescriptions List, allowing hemp growers to produce it as a natural health product. This would strengthen the hemp industry and increase supply so those who use it for medicinal purposes do not have to purchase it illegally.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

Reform the process of record suspensions for simple possession of cannabis to maximize fairness and accessibility for marginalized communities, and review the process of record suspensions as it applies to other offences.

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We’ll address radicalization by focusing on preventing youth from falling prey to violent extremism through support for community-led initiatives.

New Democrats will deal with threats to our national security, including foreign interference and espionage, terrorism, and cybercrime, by working with our international allies, enhancing real-time oversight of security services, and fully respecting the privacy and Charter rights of all Canadians.

From A New Deal for People, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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To help protect our communities against

gangs, New Democrats will make sure that

communities have access to funding for

anti-gang projects that help deter at-risk youth

from joining gangs. We’ll address radicalization

by focusing on preventing youth from falling

prey to violent extremism, including through

support for community-led initiatives. New Democrats will deal with threats to our

national security, including foreign interference

and espionage, terrorism and cybercrime, by

working with our international allies, enhancing

real-time oversight of security services, and

fully respecting the privacy and Charter rights

of all Canadians.

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To better coordinate efforts to prosecute terror suspects to the fullest extent of the law, we will move forward with the creation of a Director of Terrorism Prosecutions. This new office will make sure that Canadians who travel abroad to join terrorist organizations, or who participate in terrorist organizations here at home, are brought to justice.

We will also move forward with more support for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, so that they can hire and train 100 additional officers for offices and embassies abroad. This will improve our ability to combat terrorism, human trafficking, drug smuggling, money laundering, and other forms of organized crime.

We will also move forward with reintroducing legislation to create a review body for the Canada Border Services Agency – the only remaining security agency that does not have its own independent review.

From Forward, retrieved 2019-09-30.

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To help protect our communities against

gangs, New Democrats will make sure that

communities have access to funding for

anti-gang projects that help deter at-risk youth

from joining gangs. We’ll address radicalization

by focusing on preventing youth from falling

prey to violent extremism, including through

support for community-led initiatives.

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End automatic bail for gang members awaiting trial and revoke parole for any gang member who associates with their former gang following release.

Identify known gangs as criminal entities in the Criminal Code, similar to how terrorist organizations are currently listed.

Bring in tougher sentences, including a five-year minimum mandatory prison sentence for violent gang crime, with a new five-year minimum mandatory prison sentence for possession of a smuggled firearm.

From Andrew Scheer releases Conservative plan for A Safer Canada, retrieved 2019-10-08.

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Too many lives have been lost in Canadian

cities to rising gun crime. We will work to

keep assault weapons and illegal handguns

off our streets, and to tackle gun smuggling

and organized crime.

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We will move forward with a ban on all military-style assault rifles, including the AR-15, and will take other steps to keep people safe from gun violence, including:

introducing a buyback program for all military-style assault rifles legally purchased in Canada, with fair market prices for owners and more resources for law enforcement to administer the program;

working with provinces and territories to give municipalities the ability to further restrict or ban handguns; and

protecting the rights of hunters and farmers, by not bringing back the long-gun registry. Hunters and farmers do not use or need assault weapons.

make sure the Canada Border Services Agency and Royal Canadian Mounted Police have the resources they need to detect and stop the flow of weapons at our borders;

require everyone importing ammunition to show proof of a valid firearms license;

make it harder for legal weapons to get into the hands of criminals by further strengthening safe-storage laws;

address the problem of gender-based and intimate-partner violence head on, by temporarily suspending firearms licenses for people who are suspected of posing a danger to themselves or others, including their partners or kids;

introduce a system for flagging bulk purchases of guns;

strengthen penalties for people seeking to smuggle firearms into Canada; and

limit the glorification of violence, by changing the way firearms are advertised, marketed, and sold in Canada.

From Forward, retrieve 2019-09-30.

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 to make sure that the most vulnerable

have access to the legal support they need,

New Democrats will increase federal funding

for legal aid programs across the country.

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providing free legal aid to survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, to make sure that they have access to quality, affordable legal representation;

requiring that all judges in Canada undertake mandatory training on sexual assault law, including myths and stereotypes about victims and the effects of trauma on victims’ memory (the “Ambrose bill”); and

providing additional support to the provinces and territories, to enable them to hire as many as 425 new Crown prosecutors, and 225 new judges, to help reduce delays.

From Forward, retrieved 2019-09-30.

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A New Democrat government will restore

the independence of the judiciary by reducing

reliance on mandatory minimums and allowing

trial judges to have greater discretion in

sentencing. As we work towards reconciliation,

we will also make sure that Gladue principles

are consistently applied in court proceedings,

and uphold the importance of communitybased and restorative justice approaches.

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A New Democrat government will work with

the provinces, territories, and Indigenous

governments to support innovative models of

community policing. And we will make sure

that the RCMP retains trained members and

provides a harassment-free work environment.

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establishing an independent Criminal Case Review Commission, to make it easier and faster for potentially wrongfully convicted people to have their applications reviewed;

From Forward, retrieved 2019-09-30.

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 - End unescorted day passes from prison
 - End the prison needle exchange program
 - Require full body scans for those who enter prison

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Our vision of public safety is one that is

informed by the need for more restorative

justice. Victims should have access to the

services and supports they need, such as

counselling, referrals, police and court-related

services, and a voice in decisions that may

impact their safety.

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