The Conservative government’s controversial crime bill passed a final vote in the House of Commons Monday, a few days later than the government expected.
The Tories had planned to pass Bill C-10 last Wednesday, but the NDP was able to delay the last day of debate until Friday and push the final vote to today.
Prior to the final vote, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said he was disappointed by the opposition tactics.
“These are very reasonable measures. They go after those who sexually exploit children, people in the child pornography business and it goes after drug traffickers, so this will be welcomed particularly by victims, those involved with law enforcement, and as we know, Canadians are supportive of what we are doing in this area,” Nicholson told reporters.






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