Mr. Speaker, as I listened to the hon. member for Prince George—Bulkley Valley I could tell that he and his Reform Party colleagues thoroughly enjoy this kind of debate. It is not the first time that members of the Reform Party have raised the issue of crime. They do it over and over again. The reason is that it scares people. People get very afraid when they hear the kind of talk that comes from the Reform Party. What is that called? It is called fearmongering.
The Reform Party has been in the House for about five years. Hardly a day goes by that it does not raise the issue of crime. What is that called? That is fearmongering. We could spell it with capital letters.
The member for Prince George—Bulkley Valley talks about conditional sentencing. He suggests that this is a terrible innovation in the criminal justice system. Let us make it absolutely clear that what he dislikes is giving discretion to judges. It is another attempt on his part and on the part of the Reform Party to smear judges.
It was not long ago when there was an issue in the House about the salaries of judges and Reform members smeared judges. They are doing it again today. It is absolutely unacceptable.