Mr. Speaker, Canadians have been crying out for reforms in our criminal justice system for far too long. It took this new Conservative government to finally do the right thing and to act.
We have introduced legislation that would ensure that dangerous offenders will be kept behind bars until they can prove that they have reformed.
We are implementing mandatory minimum sentences for violent and sexual-based crimes. We are raising the age of consent from 14 to 16. We are creating tougher penalties for street racing. We have changed payday loan legislation to protect consumers. We are putting terrorists out of business by improving our ability to cut off their financing.
I am pleased to be part of a government that values safe and better communities. We are taking action to protect the country's citizens, while caring for victims of crime rather than just the perpetrators.
This government is about action. When we make a promise, we keep that promise, unlike our Liberal counterparts across the way.
I ask the opposition parties to get onside to give Canadians what they have been asking for, for much too long.