Madam Chair, my hon. colleague has just said that perhaps we would have to revisit those laws if the courts were not applying them. It is obvious the courts are not applying the laws. If they had, James Roszko would have been behind bars, not victimizing police officers and threatening people in my communities. If they had, this incident would not have happened.
If we do not apply the law much more aggressively, it will repeat itself. That is the reason why we need to take note of this debate in the House today.
If we only take note of it and walk away and do nothing, then we fail not only the fallen RCMP, but we fail our communities and our country.
I want to say this very clearly and plainly. Is the member saying that when the courts are not applying the law, he is agreeing with Mr. Cannavino when he says that we need minimum sentencing? In that way we ensure the courts do apply at least a limited amount of protection for society when it comes to significant crimes that happen in our communities. That is really where we are going with this. I do not know another lever that we can use as a Parliament to ensure that the courts apply the law to act as a deterrent and to ensure that our communities are safe from criminals.