As Mr. Wall has explained, all the clauses that deal with immigration, i.e., those that prevent violent individuals who have used firearms from becoming citizens of our country, are vital. Those are most welcome.
As you have stated, I don't believe that this bill contains much apart from superficial measures based on ideology and emotions. I think that we could do quite a few things, such as reinforcing our resources at the border, as was said earlier. It's a well-known secret that police officers cannot intervene on certain first nations reserves, where the rule of law simply does not apply. Criminals have the luxury of choosing where along the 6,000 to 7,000 kilometre-long border they want to bring illegal goods into Canada. Obviously, there are areas where it's much easier because the police do not have access and are not politically authorized to intervene. Logically, criminals will favour these areas. They will pay members of organized crime syndicates who are on these reserves to make sure that their goods are protected. We can stick our heads in the sand and pretend that the problem doesn't exist, but those guns are coming up through the border via these reserves and are killing and wounding people on the streets of Montreal and Toronto, mainly.