Madam Speaker, the hon. member in the Liberal Party mentioned how truth hurts. He did talk on the subject of child pornography. The fact is that 70 people on the Liberal benches signed a letter asking the government to use the notwithstanding clause against the B.C. court decision. Here is where the truth hurts. When it came to a vote, 66 of those Liberals voted against their own signature on a written document.
The House can be assured that during the next election that letter will be sent out to every constituency that I can think of in order to let them know that the Liberals say one thing and do another.
My parents ran a group home in Richmond and in Burnaby, British Columbia for well over 20 years. Over 400 children came through our doors, some for a couple of hours and some for many years.
The law enforcement agencies of the land are without adequate resources. Sports and youth programs across the country are without adequate resources even though the initial intention of setting up the lottery systems was for sports and recreational and cultural programs, not for general revenues. Social housing is also in a major crisis in the country and the Liberals have provided no funding for that.
The Liberals are presenting yet another bill. Is the hon. member going to stand up in the House today and say that the Liberal government will give not just adequate resources but sufficient resources for law enforcement agencies and other agencies across the country in order for them to do their jobs effectively and bring restorative justice to our young people?