Mr. Speaker, of course I will withdraw. What I said was in passion. What I should have said is that what the Liberal members did in committee could be described as nothing less than a criminal act. It was so vile and so disgusting that it could be accurately called an immoral act or an obscene act of power hungry dictators in the government having their orders carried out by their minions who show up for these committee meetings attempting to give some impression that they are actually interested in what is going on. They are attempting to give some impression that they actually care about business in committee.
The killing of this bill by the Liberals yesterday also had another effect. It had a profound effect on the ability of law-abiding Canadians to have a sense of security about the safety of their families.
This bill, had it passed, would have kept murderers and rapists and others who commit heinous violent crimes of that nature in jail. It would have ended the volume discounts for murderers, rapists and other violent criminals the Liberals government supports.
This act yesterday was a clear example of the Liberal government's supporting the most lenient treatment possible for violent criminals. That is what it did yesterday. It supported the most lenient treatment possible under the Criminal Code. That is what the Liberal government is all about. That is what it supports.
It is disgusting. How can any law-abiding Canadian citizen have any sense of security about the safety of their family when this worthless government does not have the guts, does not have the intestinal—