This committee's first priority in this Parliament was a study on bail. We heard testimony from witnesses, including municipal leaders, a range of police chiefs and police association leaders. All of them said that Liberal justice laws in the last 10 years have made things markedly worse.
I'll quote police chief Marc Roskamp from St. Thomas, Ontario, which is in in my riding. He said, “I believe Bill C-75 has created less safe communities; that is my opinion, based on a near 30-year career in policing.”
Mr. Chang asked this question of Brian Sauvé of the National Police Federation: “From the RCMP's perspective, how have these changes [in Bill C-48] improved the safety of victims and the safety of officers on the front lines?” Mr. Sauvé said, “I don't think they have”.
Why is law enforcement to believe that Bill C-14 will be any different, when we've had these promises in the past that have not made things safer for communities?