Steven Bonk

Member of Parliament for Souris—Moose Mountain. Former Minister of the Economy and Trade, Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

I've been thinking about the brutal home invasion in Toronto a few weeks ago.

In Canada, I don't believe it is actually legal to defend yourself and your family from an armed intruder.

I know what the law says, but if someone breaks into your home and you pick up a knife to defend yourself and your family, you'll be arrested and face charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. Then you'll spend six months fighting the charges in court.

You did not participate in a legal activity.

This is wrong. The process has become the punishment, and I want this to stop.

I want you to know where I stand:

I don't care if it's a frying pan or a shotgun; if someone breaks into your home, you have the right to use force, even deadly force, to protect your home and your family. Period.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

Remembrance Day is a time to honour the Canadians who have given their lives in service to their country and the values we hold dear.

More than 2.3 million men and women have served in Canada’s military throughout our history: in the First and Second World Wars, Korea, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and peacekeeping and military actions around the world. More than 118,000 made the ultimate sacrifice.

It's even said that Canada became a nation on the morning of April 9th, 1917.

Their service is nothing less than extraordinary. A grateful nation remains forever in their debt.

Lest we forget.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

@LouiseCdn @LesleyMkup @MarkJCarney @stevenmackinnon @liberal_party @FP_Champagne @melaniejoly @fordnation CTV: "The federal government knew the terms of the sale and did not stand in the way."

So it was hardly shocking when Mark Carney spoke yesterday. He was aware of the sale in advance and made no effort to stop it.

That was a lie.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

Yesterday Carney lied when he said they were shocked… SHOCKED!… to discover what they negotiated had then happened as negotiated.

A slap in the face to thousands of workers and the whole community.

[CTV News @CTVNews]

#BREAKING: Carney government actively involved in talks leading to Stellantis plant sale: sources https://t.co/Xf0zl65hNV

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

Remember, that’s not really the debate here. Just about everyone agrees that’s reasonable and just.

The point I’m making with this video is that, at the moment, the most traumatic evening of your life will conclude with you being charged with offences that carry serious jail time.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

I've been thinking about the brutal home invasion in Toronto a few weeks ago.

In Canada, I don't believe it is actually legal to defend yourself and your family from an armed intruder.

I know what the law says, but if someone breaks into your home and you pick up a knife to defend yourself and your family, you'll be arrested and face charges of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. Then you'll spend six months fighting the charges in court.

You did not participate in a legal activity.

This is wrong. The process has become the punishment, and I want this to stop.

I want you to know where I stand:

I don't care if it's a frying pan or a shotgun; if someone breaks into your home, you have the right to use force, even deadly force, to protect your home and your family. Period.

[Sukhu Sekhon @SukhuSSekhon]

Hope to see you there next Wednesday! 🇨🇦🍻

Looking forward to a great evening with the @OSConservatives, meaningful conversations with three fantastic MPs—@vincentneilho, @StevenBonkMP, and @jacobmantle—and, of course, great pub food and drinks!

Come join us!

🔗 https://t.co/ZRY6XImUtV

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

@YourSnippyNews I appreciate your concern about this, and I’m glad we can agree on tougher sentencing.

But with respect, this isn’t America.

This is Canada.

At the moment you’d be arrested and charged for the situation I described. I’m pretty sure we agree that’s wrong.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

Categorically untrue. A package delivery person, by definition, is not an intruder.

If you, or any Canadian, were the unfortunate victim of a home invasion, I don't want to see you in the back of a cop car for doing what is reasonable.

At the moment, the most traumatic evening of your life would be concluded with an arrest and serious indictable offence charges. That's wrong.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

RT @BarbaraBalCPC: “In Canada, if someone breaks into your home and you defend yourself and your family, you can still be arrested, charged…

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

@LesleyMkup Thanks, Lesley!

This one is a really serious issue... but it feels like I've been making a few videos like that lately.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

@OttawaRLPAgent I completely agree. Don't make innocent people into criminals.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

I appreciate your frustration, but I mentioned that in the video, please watch to the very end.

My colleague @SandraCobena_ has excellent legislation on this exact topic. The Stand on Guard Act would presume that force is justified if used against an illegal intruder.

We just need to pass it.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

@Crackor17 Thanks! This is a really serious issue. Home invasions are up dramatically across Canada.

I don't want to see innocent people facing criminal charges for doing something that any reasonable person would consider justified.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

@MW_Johnson1 Bingo. If you're arrested and forced to spend tens of thousands of dollars to defend yourself, with the threat of serious jail time hanging over you for six months, whatever you did wasn't a legal activity.

If the law is unjust, change it. That's why we go to Ottawa.

[Steven Bonk @StevenBonkMP]

You know the world is getting smaller when you’re halfway around the planet in China and still run into a guy from Regina!

Great to catch up with Chris Lane from STEP (Saskatchewan Trade & Export Partnership) in Shanghai.

Chris is doing what he does best — helping promote Saskatchewan to the world and building connections and opportunities for our province and country on the international stage.

[Dane Lloyd @DaneLloydMP]

Judge Carney on what he does, not what he says.

Last week, I called Mark Carney’s bluff on energy infrastructure.

It turns out he loves to talk big but was never serious about building new energy capacity. He just wants more Liberal bureaucracy and more regulation.

We could have had 250,000 barrels of oil going to the Pacific coast and on to customers in Asia within two years, without a penny of taxpayer money involved.

All Mark Carney needed to do was sign a piece of paper giving the same tanker ban exemption he gave to the Port of Vancouver.

He voted against it.

[Brad Vis @BradleyVis]

Over the past decade, government policy has failed to keep pace with rapidly changing economic conditions and skyrocketing cost pressures.

Instead of spending billions to bail out major corporations, the Liberals should be reforming Canada’s tax system to improve economic conditions at home and give our SMEs room to expand and invest.

Conservatives have proposed two practical tax reforms to make that happen:

• Double the GST/HST small supplier threshold to from $30,000 $60,000
• Increasing the Small Business Deduction limit from $500,000 to $700,000.

These are straightforward changes that would let small businesses keep more of what they earn and put it back into their communities.

We are calling on the government to work with Conservatives and include these proposals in Budget 2026. It's time to give Canada's entrepreneurs the tools to compete, expand, and succeed.

#cdnpoli

[Dane Lloyd @DaneLloydMP]

I’m calling Mark Carney’s bluff.

A Canadian energy company will pay to upgrade the Port of Prince Rupert so it can ship 250,000 barrels per day of Alberta energy by rail to the Pacific Ocean.

There are supportive Conservative governments in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and now in B.C. The public supports diversifying our economy away from the United States. Our environmental protections remain world-class.

This is as close to unanimous as we’re ever going to see in a democracy of 40 million people.

All you have to do is extend the same exemption to the tanker ban that you’ve given to the Port of Vancouver.

This doesn’t need a new committee, a new major projects office, or a nickel of Canadian taxpayer money, and It’ll create jobs across the country to build new rail cars.

So what’s it going to be, Mark?

[Fraser Tolmie @TolmieFraser]

For Mark Carney, every day is Halloween. 🎃

Because they’re handing out treats as fast as they can, and you’re the one paying for it.

Here’s a question: if we took just some of their waste and measured it out in Mars Bars, how many bars would it be?

We took a look.