I've cited a few times at this committee an instance from a couple of months ago in my riding that is very germane to this, which was that someone, under existing criminal laws, was arrested and charged for having a swastika mowed into their lawn. No separate offences in the Criminal Code and no additional police powers were required for that. This issue was another one of many crime stories that emerged in my riding.
I've had a great many conversations with police chiefs and frontline police officers, and when they talk about what they want, not one of them has said they want Bill C-9. They talk about wanting bail reform. They talk about wanting legislation like we've put forward in the jail not bail act, the legislation we have tried to move attention to in this very committee meeting, because there is a lot more consensus on it.
I find it shocking the Liberals will get up in the House of Commons—