Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague from the Bloc Quebecois is right when he says that increasing sentences is a good deterrent. However, will it be carried out? If a person gets 10 years will the person serve 10 years. or will the person serve just two years and get off with good behaviour?
The first part of my colleague's intervention with my colleague from Dauphin--Swan River was bang on. We should not be reducing the RCMP's budget. We should be increasing its surveillance capabilities as well as its offices throughout the country. We should also be increasing the number of people within the RCMP so they can continue to do the job that we ask them to do, which is, as we all know, an extremely hazardous and dangerous profession.