Mr. Speaker, I will be brief because a Liberal member asked a similar question to the hon. member.
I did indeed meet him in Halifax on September 1, because the NDP member spoke just before I delivered a speech before the Canadian Police Association in Halifax.
In my speech, I referred to the difficulties that police forces encounter when they use the anti-gang legislation. I think it is wrong to call it the anti-gang legislation, but this legislation has been in effect since 1997.
Could the hon. member tell me if there is a police force in Canada, in any province, that said that it is an instrument that is easy to use, that it is what they need to be effective against criminal organizations? My question is simple. When we passed this act, which has been in effect since 1997, did it meet the expectations of police forces and since we have had this tool called the anti-gang legislation, have things really changed?