You've covered a lot of territory.
I can tell you that I named this chairman specifically in question period when we were dealing with the age of protection. I stepped forward and said that he and Mr. Thompson had been pioneers in this area. They had a long-standing commitment to trying to have the Criminal Code changed in this area. I was fair about it. I said they didn't get a hostile reception from the previous government. I said they had received a lot of sympathy, but the bottom line was that there was no action on it.
So I did compliment them, and I think Canadians can appreciate the efforts they made in that area and in criminal law policy in this country in general. We owe them a great deal of thanks.
You also indicated the Liberal Party's cooperation. Certainly the bill we had yesterday in the House of Commons took a long time--one year. Quite frankly, I was disappointed by the position the Liberal Party took. This bill would have given mandatory prison terms for people who committed and were convicted of serious firearms offences.
I think you'd be the first to agree with me that every so often your leader talks about the problem of firearms crimes. Last night—and I have to be fair about this—about seven of your members wouldn't go along with the party's standing. A number of them didn't show up. Some of them sat in their places. I think over 20 Liberals did not go along with what the Liberal Party was doing. So those are the kinds of things we're disappointed about.
On our support for the RCMP programs and funding, that quite properly should be directed to my colleague Minister Day, who speaks on behalf of the RCMP. But in your concluding remarks I believe you indicated some concerns or questions about the implementation of testing there. That quite properly is a question for Corporal Graham to comment on.