Yes, except when the hand is in someone else's pocket. They seem to know how to do that. I can understand my colleague from Repentigny.
Let us talk about police intervention, particularly with respect to marijuana growers and the huge fortunes that they accumulate. That is what the public must understand. These people make tons of money. We are talking about amounts exceeding $60 billion. Obviously, we can tighten up all the laws we want in Parliament, if we do not have the required resources for police intervention in the field, we will not be able to enforce these laws.
My colleague is absolutely right. When the federal government decides to close nine RCMP detachments in Quebec, it is not insignificant. These detachments are often located in regions where marijuana production and trafficking are a problem. The decision was made to close detachments in regions that are often adjacent to vast green spaces, whether it be forest or agricultural land. That is where marijuana is grown. It is just as if we were telling producers that we will tighten up our laws, but we will let them do what they want because we are withdrawing the police officers who watch them.
That is the message sent out by the Liberal Party, and that is what it has always done. They are totally unable to make rational decisions and to invest where it counts. We must pass the necessary laws to fight organized crime and to prevent people from amassing fortunes from the production of marijuana. We must also have the necessary resources in the field to be able to apprehend and prosecute these criminals in order to enforce the laws that we will pass.