Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Justice.
Over the past several weeks Reform MPs have repeatedly questioned the government on criminal justice issues. The purpose has been to prod the government into actually doing something about violent crime.
In response the minister has said that violent crime is not going to be resolved by tinkering with statutes or changing acts and that the real answer is to attack the underlying causes of crime.
Could the minister specifically identify the underlying causes of crime to which he refers and tell the House whether any of the reforms he has promised will have any immediate effect on these causes and on the safety of Canadians?