Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the hon. member.
In my province of Newfoundland, and in Atlantic Canada in general, we have hundreds of miles of coastline that is essentially unprotected and unpatrolled. That coastline is very vulnerable to the importation of drugs, guns and all kinds of illegal activity. Because of government cutbacks ports police have been eliminated. It is a wide open invitation to the drug trade.
What is government going to do to protect that kind of coastline when it has cut out the ports police and reduced the ability of the RCMP to do its job?