Mr. Speaker, the government has a $14 million shortfall in the RCMP budget, $8.5 million of which is in British Columbia.
The RCMP has been told to stop using its boats and planes. It has been told to ban overtime and to cancel all training, among other things. The results have been disastrous.
The Liberals squander hundreds of millions of dollars weekly that could have easily funded this, so it is a political decision and not a financial one.
Why is it that Royal Canadian Mounted Police operations are considered a royal pain in the butt to the Liberal government?