Chooses to speak about justice & public safety and economy & cost of living. Sits on FOPO, FOPO, SFOP.
Mel Arnold voted for bills on tougher criminal justice rules, like harsher penalties for assaulting healthcare workers and stricter pretrial release, plus bills easing worker and trade movement between provinces.1234
See what they vote for ↗Mel Arnold voted against several housing bills, including one creating a government housing corporation, plus tax changes for tradespeople and businesses, and criminal law bills on controlling intimate partners and hate crimes.1234
See what they vote against ↗Requires explanations of how release eligibility dates for offenders are calculated when shared with crime victims.Crime victims get explanations about how offenders' release dates are calculated.
Replaces the term "child pornography" with "child sexual abuse and exploitation material" throughout criminal law.Criminal law changes the term used to describe child sexual abuse material.
Creates a medal awarded to people who volunteer with search and rescue teams.A medal gets created for people volunteering with search and rescue.
Increases penalties for stealing firefighting equipment and makes such theft a more serious factor when judges decide sentences.Stealing firefighting equipment gets harsher penalties and counts more in sentencing.
Designates February 1st each year as Royal Canadian Mounted Police Day.February 1st becomes Royal Canadian Mounted Police Day each year.
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.
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.
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.
Establishes a national plan for predicting floods and droughts, with required reports to Parliament.Establishes a national plan for predicting floods and droughts with required reports to Parliament.
Creates new murder and violence offences involving intimate partners and stricter sentencing rules for such crimes.Adds new crimes for violence between intimate partners and increases punishments for them.
Expands Canadian citizenship to include more people born abroad to Canadian parents and adopted children, and restores citizenship to those who previously lost it.Lets more people born abroad to Canadian parents and adopted children become citizens, and restores citizenship to some who lost it.
Removes federal barriers to trade and worker movement between provinces, and streamlines approval for national interest projects.Gets rid of federal rules blocking trade and worker movement between provinces, and speeds up approvals for big national projects.