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Arnold Viersen voted for bills on tougher criminal justice rules, like harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and consecutive sentences for sexual offences, plus a Canada-Indonesia trade deal and paid leave for bereaved parents.1234
See what they vote for ↗Arnold Viersen voted against bills on housing supply and affordable housing, tax changes for workers and businesses, and new crimes covering controlling intimate partners and harmful sexual conduct.1234
See what they vote against ↗Requires pornography producers to verify all participants were adults who consented before making or selling such material.Porn makers must check everyone in videos is an adult who agreed to be filmed.
Requires pornographic producers and distributors to verify all participants are adults who consented before making or selling material.Porn makers and sellers must verify all participants are adults who consented.
Requires the Minister of Public Safety to maintain and update Canada's plan to fight human trafficking and report on progress.Safety minister must create and update a plan to fight human trafficking and report results.
Allows judges to order people to unlock electronic devices during criminal investigations.Judges can order people to unlock their phones or devices during criminal investigations.
Allows courts to ban convicted sex offenders from positions involving minors, lets victims request publication bans be changed, and tightens bail rules for trafficking cases.Courts can ban sex offenders from working with kids, let victims challenge publication bans, and restrict bail for trafficking.
Establishes a national system to help skilled trade workers move and work across Canadian provinces more easily.Makes it easier for skilled trade workers to move between Canadian provinces and work there.
Adjusts tax deductions and rates for tradespeople, businesses, homebuyers, and removes fuel excise taxes temporarily.Changes tax deductions and rates for tradespeople, businesses, and homebuyers, and temporarily removes fuel excise taxes.
Establishes a national framework to make electronic products and home appliances last longer.Sets up a national framework to make electronic products and home appliances last longer.
Authorizes government spending to improve housing supply.Lets the government spend money to improve housing supply.
Creates new crimes for controlling intimate partners and harmful sexual conduct, and strengthens penalties for related murders and harassment.Creates new crimes for controlling intimate partners and harmful sexual conduct, strengthens related murder and harassment penalties.
Allocates 11.1 billion dollars to cover federal government expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.Provides 11.1 billion dollars for federal government expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027.
Allows authorities to keep certain dangerous prisoners in maximum security instead of automatically moving them to lower security levels.Lets authorities keep dangerous prisoners in maximum security instead of automatically moving them to lower levels.
Creates a government corporation to increase affordable housing supply and promote better building techniques in Canada.Creates a government corporation to increase affordable housing and promote better building techniques.
Adjusts federal tax rules including manufacturing deductions, benefit payments, crypto reporting, and carbon rebate deadlines.Changes federal tax rules for manufacturing, benefits, crypto reporting, and carbon rebate deadlines.
Creates harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders.Creates harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and first responders.
Updates military justice rules and related laws to modernize how the armed forces handle legal matters.Updates military justice rules and laws to modernize how the armed forces handle legal matters.
Creates rules for how grocery stores display prices and requires them to report on following these rules.Creates rules for how grocery stores display prices and requires them to report compliance.
Changes rules about requiring people convicted of crimes to pay money to their victims.Changes rules about requiring people convicted of crimes to pay money to their victims.
Creates a national framework to regulate sports betting advertising and reduce related harms in Canada.Sets up a national framework to regulate sports betting advertising and reduce related harms.
Clarifies substance use treatment programs for youth and allows courts to delay sentencing or require treatment participation.Clarifies substance use treatment for youth and lets courts delay sentencing or require treatment.
Strengthens Criminal Code rules against hate propaganda and hate crimes while protecting religious and cultural places.Strengthens Criminal Code rules against hate propaganda and hate crimes while protecting religious and cultural places.
Makes it harder for people charged with serious violent crimes to be released before trial, prioritizing public safety over automatic release.Makes it harder for people charged with serious violent crimes to be released before trial.
Changes rules for how parole decisions are reviewed and made for people in federal custody.Changes how parole decisions are reviewed and made for people in federal custody.
Requires courts to consider a person's immigration status when deciding criminal sentences.Requires courts to consider immigration status when deciding criminal sentences.
Requires courts to impose consecutive sentences for multiple sexual offences instead of allowing them to run at the same time.Requires courts to impose consecutive sentences for multiple sexual offences instead of running them together.
Modifies rules for controlling exports and imports of goods requiring permits.Modifies rules for controlling exports and imports of goods requiring permits.
Modifies rules for managing Atlantic groundfish fisheries under Canadian fishing law.Modifies rules for managing Atlantic groundfish fisheries under Canadian fishing law.
Strengthens rules for managing hazardous substances in Canada's oceans and abandoned vessels on Canadian coasts.Strengthens rules for managing hazardous substances in Canada's oceans and abandoned vessels on coasts.
Designates November as Ukrainian Heritage Month in Canada.Designates November as Ukrainian Heritage Month in Canada.
Establishes a national housing strategy for young Canadians and requires the designated minister to report progress to Parliament.Establishes a national housing strategy for young Canadians and requires the minister to report progress.
Exempts Quebec from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.Exempts Quebec from the Canadian Multiculturalism Act.
Allows parents to take paid leave from work when their child dies.Allows parents to take paid leave from work when their child dies.
Implements a trade agreement between Canada and Indonesia while allowing government orders to enforce it and requiring reviews every three years.Implements a trade agreement between Canada and Indonesia with government enforcement and three-year reviews.
Requires Parliament to review and approve international treaties before the government can sign them.Requires Parliament to review and approve international treaties before the government signs them.
Increases tax breaks for small business owners, people with disabilities, and research spending while raising capital gains tax limits.Increases tax breaks for small business owners and people with disabilities, raises capital gains tax limits.