Mr. Speaker, I issue a challenge to the member for Surrey North. If we were to take all the televisions and the condoms provided to prisoners, if we were to take all the bleach provided for their needles, if we were to take the money used in terms of their right to sue in legal challenges, if we were to take the money allocated for prisoners to safeguard their “right to vote”, and if we were to take the money the government is looking at currently spending in Bill C-37 with regard to raising the salaries of judges, how many extra police officers could we potentially hire?
I wonder if anyone has done a calculation. I do not think anyone would question the idea that money spent on hiring more police officers to enforce the laws and to go after criminals would be better spent than on bleach, condoms, right to sue, right to vote, TV and raising the salaries of judges.