Mr. Speaker, the history of this government to protect our Canadian citizens has proven to be dismal.
Kenneth Walker, a Canadian businessman, is currently being hounded on dubious charges by the United States government and our government refuses to assist him.
Victor Ostrovsky, a Canadian author, listened while a zealot being interviewed on a morning news show called for anyone to murder Victor Ostrovsky.
Why is this government allowing death threats toward a Canadian author and a businessman to go unanswered?
When the British author Salmon Rushdie was threatened with death, the British Parliament rose in one voice to condemn the country that promoted violence in the death of the British citizen.
Not only has silence shown the world that our Canada does not care or show concern for its citizens, continuing silence will confirm to radicals, zealots and foreign powers that any Canadian can be intimidated or killed without action from this government.
This government must show some backbone and speak out against threats of any kind against our Canadian citizens.