Mr. Speaker, a year ago I asked the Solicitor General why we were not able to kick Mr. Colin Wood, a non-resident, out of Canada after he committed his first serious offence. At that time the Solicitor General responded that it was a policy that somebody convicted of an offence should serve the sentence imposed by law. He stated: "If my hon. friend's proposal were followed we would be doing the convicted foreigner a favour by getting him out of the country before he paid the penalty required by Canadian law".
Why is it that suddenly out of the blue the chairman of the standing committee on justice asked: "Why spend any money on them at all? Let us kick them out right away". Is this another example of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing? Is the Solicitor General now prepared to support getting rid of non-citizen criminals as suggested by the committee chairman?
When will this government get its act together and tell us what it intends to do with foreign criminals? Now is the time to act. Let us get them out of here. We do not need them. Let us make Canadians safe.