Jack Harris at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

On April 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.

April 2nd, 2009 / 9:30 a.m.

NDP

Jack Harris NDP St. John's East, NL

It's an excuse, particularly when parliamentary privilege is available for this particular situation.

Mr. Minister, you submitted that public safety was better off with the actions taken with respect to the RCMP, the CBSA, and other matters, and yet we see a decrease in the main estimates for the RCMP of some $29 million, a decrease for the Canada Border Services Agency of some $4.8 million, and the CPC has been mentioned—$2.6 million. How is it that people should feel safer when the budgets for these organizations are decreased?

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