Issue

Crime & Public Safety

Bail reform, gun control, mandatory minimum sentences, drug-related offences, and federal-provincial policing coordination.

Where parties stand

Bloc QuébécoisBLOC
Supports tightened gun control with full implementation of the buyback. Wants federal funding for Quebec's organized-crime task forces and supports broader bail-tightening measures.
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Conservative Party of CanadaCONSERVATIVE
Wants further bail reform with default detention for repeat violent offenders, mandatory minimum sentences for trafficking and serious firearms offences, and an immediate end to the firearms buyback program.
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Green Party of CanadaGREEN
Treats public safety as fundamentally a question of social support — housing, mental health, addictions. Opposes mandatory minimums entirely and supports decriminalization of personal-use drug possession.
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Liberal Party of CanadaLIBERAL
Bail reform (C-48, 2023) tightened reverse-onus provisions for repeat violent firearms offenders. Maintains the 2020 assault-weapons ban and the buyback program. Supports community-based prevention investments.
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New Democratic PartyNDP
Opposes broad mandatory minimums (treats them as ineffective and racially discriminatory). Supports the assault-weapons ban but wants investments redirected toward prevention, mental-health response, and community justice.
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