Madam Speaker, I got carried away, because none of the bills they have put forward so far are any good. I am surprised that Bill C-78 is something I can agree with.
When we talk about compensation for crimes, the government comes up with things like 30 per cent of their income for room and board. What the government does not come up with is what kind of income they are getting. Government members say it is $5.61 a day, but they discount the fact that they get GST rebates, old age pension, CPP and the guaranteed income supplement. They discount that.
There is nothing more that can be said. I would agree with Bill C-78, but the Young Offenders Act, Bill C-45, Bill C-41 and all these other acts are abysmally poor. We cannot deal with the problems in the criminal justice system by dealing with one Bill C-78, which is only a small portion of what is needed, and by working in a very poor fashion on the other bills. They should not take credit for something until they do it 100 per cent right, not 3 per cent right.
What more can we say? The only way to get through their thick heads is to replace them, and that we will do in the next election.