They do not like to hear this across on the other side.
Violent episodes of shootings and bombings between Vietnamese and various triad gangs occur on an ongoing basis in Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto. The 1998 solicitor general's report confirmed that organized crime was responsible for the illegal entry into Canada of approximately 16,000 people annually; money laundering in excess of $10 billion a year, which costs Canadians in excess of $10 billion a year; attempts to influence or corrupt public officials which is expected to occur in Canada and in fact even commented on by the new commissioner of the RCMP; and the illegal entry into Canada of persons claiming refugee status who subsequently become involved in organized crime activities.
The Toronto police busted a prostitution ring run by the Big Circle Boys triad involving young Chinese and Asian women brought illegally into the country and forced into prostitution.
The reason I gave those examples is to ask a question of the other side. The Liberals said that they brought in this law and that law, but what have those laws done to stop this? This is occurring every single day in our country and all we have heard thus far from the solicitor general and the justice minister is “We will not tolerate it. It is our highest priority. We will re-examine it”.
We also heard that improved legislative tools are necessary. We may agree with that but thus far we have seen an escalation of organized crime in just about every area that it can get into. What has legislation really done in the past?