Mr. Speaker, on April 25 the Minister of Justice said in the House: "The Canadian Police Association, representing 35,000 frontline police officers, has now joined with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police in asking
the government to enact legislation including the registration of all firearms. They know what is in the public interest. They know it is consistent with public safety. Let us get behind the police".
Does the minister now stand behind the police, or does he abandon them when they disagree with his own personal and political ideology? The police are now calling for the reinstatement of capital punishment and the repealing of section 745 of the Criminal Code. The minister has rejected this request.
If the justice minister no longer considers the police opinion valid, will he at least listen to the public? Will he listen to the 69 per cent of Canadians who support the return of capital punishment?